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Dio:esan Catholic Charities Appeal Plans to Feature Pledge Contributions ,
The 1959. Catholic Charities Appeal will be distinguished by the'introduction of the pledge system of contributing, Atty. Daniel F. Sullivan of Hyannis, Lay Chairman for the Appeal, announced today. The Appeal has be"en based strictly on cash contributions in the . past. Both phases' of the Appeal, Special Gif tand Parish, will employ the new feature. A new type of'card for contacts, . has been designed. This will indicate the total contri bution, the amount of the initial contribution, the amount pledged and the period in which the contributor wishes to complete his pledge. The App~al Steermg Commit-. tee has been studying the desirability of this change for several months. Final decision to try this innovation is based on the knowledge that many would welcome an opportunity to Turn to Page Eleven
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North Attleboro Pari~h Is No. 22 To Gain Quota The net paid weekly circulation of The Anchor con~ tinues to climb. , Weare ple-ased to report
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SEMINARIAN RECEIVES DIACONATE: Bishop Connolly imposes hand on thehea!l of Rev. Mr.. Thomas C. Mahew of Boston, a Diocesan seminarian, as the last ,order before Ordination to the Priesthood.
DiO(esan Ordinary '. Confers
today the 22nd diocesan parish has not only reached but has 'exceeded by :...5% its quota of mailed home-delivered copies of this newspaper, the largest weekly publication in Southeastern Massachusetts, and, still growing. . Like so many other pastors, Rev: Joseph A. Larue has not been content to rest upon his achiev;ement of reaching his quota, but, is determined to attain complete parish coverage in the Sacred Heart parish in North Attleboro. Setting this lofty objective, Father Larue reports sales in Sacred Heart parish, North Attleboro, now exceed. his quota by ->25% as he seeks to accomplisfi his goal, that is, that every , Turn to Page Twelve f'
.Legion ()f Mary , H'~lds Ceremony. At Cathedral
Orders on .Seminarians, Bishop Connolly conferred tonsure, four minor orders Im.d two major orders at cermonies Monday· and Tuesday ill ·St. Mary's Cathedral. Receiving tonsure and the first two minor orders on Monday were Brother Donat Major Seminary in Attleboro. ~auvin, M.S., Brother RayAt the ceremony Monday Bishmond Lacasse M.S., and o~ Connolly conferred the Sub'. M S Dlaconate on Thomas C. Ma-, Brother Gerald BIron, .. hew of Boston. studying for the They received the second two Minor orders on Tuesday, toge~her with Brother R?ger MolIum, M.S., Brother Adnen Fra.n-, eoeur, M.S., and Brother Damel Charette, M.S. All six Brothers are pursuing "eological studies at La Salette
Fall River Di~cesan priesthood. Rev. Mr. Mahew and Brother Albert Bard, M.S. wereorda{ned Deacons Tuesday. Chaplains to Bishop Connolly were' Rev. Lionel LeMay, M.S., superior of La Salette Seminary, . and Rev. John H. Hackett.
Most Rev. James L. Connolly presided' Easter' Sunday at the Legion of Mary's annual consecration ceremony held in St. Mary's Cathedral. The Cathedral was nearly filled to capacity with Active, Auxiliary and ,Adjutorian members of the Legion from ,the various 'parishes of the Diocese. Many relatives and friends also attended the colorful ceremony. ,Active Legionaries of the eighteen Diocesan Praesidia were ~ated in the center aisle, each , Turn to Page Fourteen
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House, he formerly taught at at. John University, College.Ule, Minn., and headed the sociology department at St. Thom• College, St. Paul.
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not religious issues, The Minnesota Senator declared sending an ambassador to the Vatican is a political issue, not a religious one,' and the eonsiderations to be taken into account are 'fthe same for a'CathTurn &0 Page Twentl' ,
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ATLANTIC CITY (NC)-An experiment in limiting., pre~college Catholic education' to the seventh through· twelfth grades in some areas, has been proposed at the' U. S. Catholic educators' convntion. :, Bishop Lawrence J. She-· and perhaps much to gain;' be:han said by a carefully ca~se all Catholic children then 't' . I " t I t ' mlght.be enabled to attend p Ianne d . ,rIa a eas we. Church schools even if only at' wo~ld have nothing to lose ,a certain level.' "
Catholic Schools Enrollment Now
Nears 5,000,000 , WASHINGTON (Ne) :More than 4.8 million young: sters~ a record high total, are enrolled in the nation's Catholic grade and high schools this academic year. This is an increase since 1956 of more than 600,000 according to a survey by Jhe Department of Education of the National Turn to Page Eleven
The bishop of Bridgeport said statistics, indicate about 1,945,252 ; Catholic primary school pupils . and about 780,33(, Catholic . high school student.; are not being educated in Church schools. Added to the reported total of 1.284,534 infant baptisms in 1956, these figures seem a clear indication "that the size ·of our educational system will have to be not merely doubled, but tripled within our next generation" if Catholic schools aspire to reacb all Catholic children, in Connecticut. Turning them to ways of atTurn to Page Nineteen
Rev. Edward J. Gorman,' Diocesan Superintendent of Schools, has announced that' an unusually signal honor has been conferred on the elementary schools of the Diocese. , A display, showing a sample of the handwriting of every ehild-approximately 18,000 complimentary to us". - in every elementary school M·iss Cecilia O'Neill, handf)f the Diocese, is exhibited writing supervisor for the A. N. at the National Catholic Ed- Palmer Company, in cooperation
CLEVELAND (NC) - Any politician with religious principles inevitably will let them affect his approach to political issues, Senator Eugene McCarthy of Minnesota has 886erted. In fact, said Senator Mc- ought to be able to recognize a politician by his prinf:arthy, the politician has a Catholic ciples and the way' he. applies special obligation to bring them not by his view of ChurchVtose principles into polit- related matters that really are leal debate. Elected to the Senate
Connecticut Prelate Suggests Dropping Some Grades
Schools of Diocese Win Rare Hono~r
Declares Decisions Hinge on Religion
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TAUNrrON CHARITIES APPEAL LEADERS: William J. Fagan (left) and Manuel J., Drummond (right) of the Steering Co~mittee aid Rev. John J. Griffin, pastor of St. Paul's 'Parish, Taunton, and'area director of' the Appeal Special Gifts ·in the,preliminaries for the Diocesan Charities Appeal 'next month.
CUR I A PRESIDENT: Mortimer Kennedy of St. 'James' Parisl;1, New Bedford, is Curia' president of the ,Legion o.f- Mary.
ucational Association Meeting now in session at Atlantic City. The A. N. Palmer Company, New York, secured two booths at the meeting in order to show the superb handwriting that <;an be secured when a whole school system like the Fall River Diocesan system, has an orga.nized handwriting program with the Palmer System. Father Gorman, further' stated. "For the A. N.' Palmer Comp~ny t6 choose our . IICbOols .for this display ill most
with Father Gorman, forwarded the annual penmanship examinations of March 16 this year to Atlantic City. ' . Father G~rman/ is attendinG the Convention in the official capacity as Diocesan Superintendent of Schools. Sister M. Miriam, . R.S.M. and Sister M. Felicita, R.S.M., supervisors in the Diocesan System, ·are also attending with many other Religio'us Teachers from the varioua wders stationed in the Diocese.