McDonagh Lay Dioccesan Official;
Consultant and CCD Coordinator
MQ:-;t Rev. James L. Con DOlly, Bishop of the Diocese, M nOll n c e d today the aP7 pointment of Edward P. Me ll>onagh as Lay Coordinator of @be Confraternity of Christian
l.\)octrine and business consul ~t for' the Diocese of Fall miNer with offices at 446 High Innd Ave., Fall River. Mr. McDonagh, a parishioner ~ St. Mary's No. Attleboro, was \))om in Brooklyn 36 years ago. (l,. 1957 ~I'aduate of Fordham U1!1iversity. New York, with a $.5. de~rec in Economics, the ~w coordinator has also taken Ilildvancc courses in management n:1 Boston University. Following graduation from fi:he Ncw York Jesuit Univer aity, Mr. McDonagh became 1Wanager of Office Services at '1L'exas Instruments Inc., Attle 1\)01'0. with the responsibility of administering the various cen M'alized activities serving 500G eJmployccs in domestic and in fu»-national operations.
The units under the super vision of Mr. McDonagh in cluded: Communication Ser vices, Printing and ·Duplicating, Office Utilization, Furniture and Equipment, Records and Forms Control, Secretarial and File Units, and Security Oper ations. Additional assignments in cluded clerical and supervisory training, personnel relations, facilities planning, purchasing, publicity and data processing. His budget responsibility ex ceeded one million dollars an nually and involved the super vision, through subordinates, of 85 persons. During the period of 1957-58, he served as Industrial Secur ity Specialist for the U. S. Navy. Vel'Y active in Apostolic Ac tivities, MI', McDonagh is vice president of the' Fall River Di ocesan Confraternity of Chris-' tian Doctrine, a member of St. Mary·s Parish, No. Attleboro, CCD Board and Parish Council. Named a consultant in 1967 for
the Diocesan Synod, he is edi tor of the Diocesan CCD monthly publication, The Pulse
The ANCHOR EDWARD P. McDONAGH
Pastors' Meeting Sets
Financial Sugg~stions
OPERATION COSTS Estimates Estimates ranged from $90 to $125 per pupil. The basis for saiJlose parishes have no school computing costs varied greatly, <>=-and the base of support of however. Some pastors did not catholic education must be include costs that others did inclUde. bl'Oadened so that individual! Books parishes will not be burdened The present system ~f parish unduly. These were the general aims books and annual reports though they are accurate finan @f the Diocesan School Board Financial Committee which met cial records - does not ade 'ltfith the pastors of the Diocese quately isolate school costs nor break, them down into mean ~ose parishes staff schools. ingful categories. The committee, composed o€ Maintenance Monsignors Alfred Gendreau lIIItd George Sullivan, Judge The school is a parish facll !Beatrice Mullaney, Dr. Clem 14y, used for many other activi Mt Maxwell and Mr. John AnQ . ties (C.C.D., c.Y.e., adult :edu bya, made the following. rec cation, organizations, etc.). and
A Cat hoI i c educati011l be available to as many youngsters as facilities win allow - even to those ~wllld
~mendations:
1. That a uniform system 0« fIOOOunting for school fiiian~ ~ followed: . 2. That a uniform basis foir llehool support be establishedo 3. That par Ish es withou~
.ools· subsidize the Catholi@
~ucation of their children:
4. That' all the parishes «t« Ole Diocese help finance th@ aducation of poor children; 5. That the laity be more !Ill)oo
It>>lved;
6. That the Diocese fonn fi
~ng range .plan for educatiOllt
~ithin the Diocese.
Among the findings of tllI1::J
~mmittee were:
and ceo columnist for The Hunting Street, No. Attlebore with his wife, the former Cath Anchor. erine Corcoran, and their seven He is also active in tlie Chris children. The children are: tian Family and Cursillo Move ments and serves as a CCD Patricia, 11; Dolores, 10; Vir High School instructor and ginia, nine; Barbara, seven. Thomas, six; Catherine, five; Adult Education teacher. Mr. McDonagh resides at 5 .. and Richard, three.
some of the cost of maintenance of the school would have to be attributed to these activities t(J) gain a tme picture. FIN ANCIAL MEANS Difference There is a great difference among parishes, embarrassing to some pastors, in that some schools charge tuition while neighboring schools do not•. Range No tuition: 7 schools $10-$30 tuition: 18 schools $40-$50 tuition: '17 schools OVel" $50 tuition: 10 schools Non-parish Children All 'pay some tuition ranging from $10 to $125 per student. Very few do charge a tuition Turn to Page SeventeeB
Fall River, Mass., Thursday, April 4, 1968 Vol. 12, No. ] 4 @ 1968 The Anchor $4.00P:~~\~:
Agency to Drop Criticized South Viet Aid Program NEW YORK (NC)-Bishop Edward E. Swanstrom, executive director, said here plans are underway by which Oatholic Relief Services, overseas relief agelicy of U.S. Gatholios, will'be able to wi,thdraw from the oontroversIal emergency suppleinentary . f-ood program for families get of criticism b~' certain ele and dependents .of Popular ments in this country, including Catholic publications, which Forces in South Vietnam. claimed the progmm amounted The bishop said that according to present plans, CRS will be able to discontinue the program by June 30. The relief program for· the families and dependents of the Vietnamesef<lrce was instituted about two years ago, after the South Vietnamese government failed to provide a pay raise for the militia-type organization. The program became the tar-
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'riests' Meeting Area meetings open to all priests are scheduled for 2:3. MondaY afternoon, April !J ~t Bishop Cassidy Hi IJ lIi 5chool, Taunton lUld Toes day afternoon, April D ai' Bishop Stang mgh School, N<o. Dartmouth. ·l&ach priest may ohoose ~e more convenient day to m hils schedule and expreu 1I41ls views on the proposeil ~~ by tb6 Diocesan S4lhco!l ~1l'4llo '
to aiding the Vietnam war ef fort, while the Catholic agency failed to provide relief for the needy in North Vietnam. Some Cahtolic groups and publications advocated that U. S. Catholics discontiriue contribu tions to CRS and, instead, con tribute to Caritas Intemation alis,. international Catholic char ities organization in Rome, which is giving aid to North Vietnam. . The CRS disclosure said new factors wili make it possible to devote more of the agency's supplies and energies to alle viating the plight of the con stantly mounting numbers of refugees in South Vietnam. One factor, CRS stated, is a recent decision of the South Vietnamese government to pro vide a rice allowance for the families invoived, which is ex pected to be instituted in June when a census of dependents is completed. Another factor, "agreed by all concerned," CRS stated, is II plan of. supplementary food and other necessary aid to be han dled entirely by the appropriate military authorities. This will Turn to Page Fourteen
Papal Honors
PALM SUNDAY lfS SECOND SUNDAY IN PASSIONTIDE
and pltlms,. the· multitudes meet the Redeemer, giving honor to the trium
jgllma.R1J!s ~ as nations "iliibter the praises of the Son of God, their voices thundering
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The investiture of tale Dew Domestic Prelates and the bestowing of Papal Honors will take place OD Monday evening, April 15, at 8 P.M. ill St. Mary'S Cathedral, ]Fann River, with Most Rev. James L. COD noUny, D.D.• Bishop of Faii nUveJr, JllresicJliDB.