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The ANCHOR An Anr.hor of the SO'Ul, Su,re and li'irm-ST. PAUL
Fall River, Mass. Thursday, April 3, 1958 '.
Vol. 2, No. 14.
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Solemn High Mass Monday For Rev. George A. Lewi~ Rev, George A. Lewin, former pastor of St. Mary's Church, Hebronville, died Tuesday morning at St. Francis Xavier Rectory, Hyannis. Father Lewin had been ill for the last few years and it was this sickness that
eaused him to resign from
the Hebronvme parish which
he served from March of
1958 CATHOLIC CHARITIES APPEAL CHAIRMAN AND FAMILY: This family
photograph shows Mr. and Mrs. James E. Bullock of Fall River with, left to right,
Lauria M., James E. Jr. and Martha F.
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Easter Vigil Is Sharing In Action Of Christ
1947.
Known for his kind and jovial
disposition, Father Lewin's sud
den death came as a shock to the
Diocese.
Father Lewin, son of the late
Charles and Agnes (Daley)
Lewin, was born on January 19,
1900, a native of St, Kilian's
Parish, New Bedford. He re
ceived his early education in that
city and attended St. Charles
College, Catonsville, Maryland.
He studied Philosophy at St.
Mary's Seminary in· Baltimore,
and Theology at the Sulpician
Seminary in Washington. He
held A.B. and M, A. degrees ru,.n io Page Twelve
If the churches of the Diocese are in darkness on the eve of Easter, it
will not be because of a power failure-at least we hope not. It will simply
mean that the people of God are ready to take an active part in the greatest'
'event of the whole year, the Easter Vigil. The darkened church is
the symbol of the e~ptiness of the world before the
Attleboro Parish Reaches
Quota for . Th· e Anchor
"resurrection of ~hrist. It's easy to ·stumble In the dark. Adam and his sorry sons. found The first parish in the Attleboro section of the Diocese th~t out. We needed a lIght.to to reach its quota in the second annual subscription carn brIghten our darkness. ChrIst , , " . REV. GEORGE· A. LEWIN was that Light. paign bemg conducted by The Anchor IS St. Mary s parish Under ~he stars of an eleven. in Hebronville where Rev. Cornelius J. Keliher is pastor~. o'clock sky, Catholics of the Fall This report carne to our River Diocese will gather around Circulation Department to san parish to reach its quota. Many parishes are close to the their priest outside the church. d ' , d th . At the door of the Church the ~Y as p~stors receIve .~Ir quota and some have refrained priest will strike a flirit and as fmal notice that all subscrIp from sending the list of subscrib In a special class at Sacred Heart School, North Attle the shooting sparks are' fanned tions must be in our office by ers, apparently Doping to reacb ·Turn to Page Eighteen this weekend to assure delivery the quota before supplying all boro, a group of children receives remedial help and . -by mail of The Anchor to those the names. We suggest that pas individual attention from Sister Gabrielle Lucie of the Holy· . families who have subscribed. . tors send subscribers names Union of the Sacred Hearts, who haS served in the parish along as fast as they secure them Father Keliher's announce 8Chool for the past 22 years, both teacher and pupils. : ' ment that his parish has attained because of the time factor in With the patience of Job,. Retarded i~ one way or an volved in the mechanics of as its quota is most pleasing be .' t ,. 1 d 'I t · · other, members of the class cause the same parish feil short suring continued delivery of the DIS er IS III C ass. al ~. 0 gIve range in age from 9 to 15. Sis of its quota last year. St. Mary'~ pap~r. them the specIal aid they ter's goal is· to prepare them to VATICAN CITY (NC)in Hebronville is the ninth dioce .Turo to Page· Twelve Jlequire, despite the constant resume their studies on their pain and physical handicap in own grade level, from third to The "enemies of. God" are "uced by an arthritic condition eighth. _At the present time making special efforts to which forced her to give up try three of her boys have res spread hatred and discord ing to teach her regular first ponded so well to her instruction in Italy because that country is grade class from a sitting posi that she expects' them to be the "heart of the Church," His tion, unable to raise her arm to ready to return to their own Holiness Pope Pius XII said write on the blackboard. class in September. here. ' CHICAGO (NC)'--:-Schools Ways and means of' in No blackboard work is neces St. Jean Council Helps The Pontiff addressed a pil Sister Gabrielle Lucie is grimage which had come from . creasing membership will be are meant. ,to b.e' "work lI8l'y in the special class; in its place a flannel board and flannel grateful for the cooperation and the central Italian province of discussed at a meeting of the shops" not·· "palaces," His letters are easier to handle for Turn to Page Seventeen The Marches. The context of his New EnglaItd Regional_Unit,' Eminence Samuel Cardinal speech made it clear \that the Secondary School Department, Stritch told some 300 school ad "enemies of God" to whom he to be held in connection with ministrators here. referred are those several groups the 55th Annual Convention of The Archbishop of Chicago now engaged in a pre-election ,the National Catholic Educa spoke to a joint meeting of the anticlerical campaign, generally tional Association to be held Midwest units of the college and understood to be Masonic in university department, and the April 8-11 in Philadelphia. fluenced, the Liberals and left Turn to Page Twenty Turn to Page four wing Socialists. The Pontiff cautioned the "Marchigiani," as people from . Turn to Page Seventeen r
No. Attleboro ,Nun Teaches Special·'Class Despite ,PQin
Enemies of God Spread H.atred, Pope As, serts
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Holy Unio'n Nuns Chicago Prelate Plan to Attend Asserts School School Conclave Palaces: Fail
,Mission Bishops Confirm Here Page two of this issue of The Anchor contains the re vised Confirmation list for the Diocese. Administering the Sacrament of Confirmation to an estimated Turn to Page Two
Holy Saturday GIVES SPECIAL AID: Sister Gabrielle Lucie instructs
pupil in use of the flannel board.
According to 'Church Law, Holy Saturday is a day of fast 'for those who are so obliged, and it is a day of abstinence for all Catholics seven years of age and over.
Fathe-r Gorman Announces First Annual Diocesan Science Fair
Rev. Edwafd J. Gorman, Superi.ntendent of ~thools of the Diocese today announced the FIrst Annual DIOcesan Science Fair win be held on April 24 and 25 in the Dominican Academy in Fall .~ouc 1="-1 River: Since \ the Annual ~ Diocesan Teachers' Ct)llven SUPPORT tion will be going on in St. . THE Anne's School at that time, the will be easily available to of- CATHO~IC PRESS 1 Fair the almost 1000 sisters, brothers . BUY FROM THE t and priests who will partici in the ~onvention. ADVERTISERS IN 'I pate Father Gorman's announce " ~ CATHOLIC . ment of this significant event in the educational life of the ~(:" PAPERS Diocese follows: We are pleased to announce Turn to Page Seventeen
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