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Area Serrans Convene April 22 Clubs of Two Dioceses to Hear Dr. Wright

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Dr. Vincent P. Wright of Stonehill College in North Easton will be the principal 'speaker at the Spring conference of District 40 of Serra' International which will be held in Westport on Wednesday night, April 22. The administrative assistant to the President of Stonehill Col-' lege will discuss "External Changes in the Ch~rch."

GILBERT J. COSTA

District GDyernDr

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ANCHOR Price 10c '$4.00 per year Vol. 14, No. 15, April 9, 1970

Vocations Folk Mass Planned By Serrans The Serra Club of Greater New Bedford will sponsor a Folk Mass for Vocations at 7:30 on Saturday evening, April 11 in Bishop Stang High School Auditorium, North Dartmouth. The service is open to all Catholics wishing to share with the Serrans in the evening of prayer for Vocations. Rev. John J.. Smith, Diocesan Director of Vocations and assistant at St. James Church, New Bedford, will celebrate the Mass. The homily will be de'livered by Rev. Mr. Joseph D. Maguire, a deacon serving at St.James Parish, New Bedford. . The musical program will be provided by the nine novices of the B!essed Sacrament Novitate, Barre.

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74th Year The Anchor begins the 14th year of publication with the current issue. This diocesan newspaper, which has steadily grown in circulation, commenced on April 11, 1957. We are pleased with the impact T~e Anchor has made on the Southeastern Massachusetts community as well as the service it has rendered to the well being of the church and the progress in ecumenism.

Edward J. Harrington is president of the Fall River Serrans who will host the members of six other clubs in the Providence and Fall River Dioceses.

DR. VINCENT P. WRIGHT

Main Speaker

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The conference, which will be .• ;, held at White's Restaurant, will ," .' ' , . open with a training program . at 5, followed by a one-hour social at 6 and then the dinner 'meeting at 7. The clubs which comprise District 40 are: Providence Diocese: Newport, Providence and Kent County. Fall River Diocese: New Bedford, Attleboro, Taunton imd Fall River. The Most Rev. James L. Connolly, Bishop of Fall River, will be the district conference guest. __A Presidents of the three other diocesan clubs are: EDWARD J. HARRINGTON Turn to Page Eighteen Fall Rlyer President

Appeal Kick-Off Meeting Tuesday Over 900 members of the clergy, religious and laity of the Roman .Catholic Diocese of Fall River will be present at the opening meeting scheduled for 8 o'clock Tuesday night, April 14, in the auditorium of Bishop Connolly High School, Fall River, to kick off the. campaign for the annual Catholic Charities Appeal. This .year's appeal is the 28th annual call for giving to the 31 agencies of the Appeal.

The Special Gift phase of the appeal will be conducted' from April 20 to May' 2. The parish house-to-house . campaign is set for May 3 to May 13. Mr. Joseph C. Murray of North Dighton, 1970 Lay Chairman of theappeal, will direct his talk to the large number of laymen and laywomen present at the session. Mr. Murray said: "We must appeal to the laity of the diocese and to the non-Catholic supporters of the appeal. The heart and the succe~s of the app~al are in

the parish and with the laity." Most Reverend Bishop James J. Gerrard, Auxiliary to the Bishop of Fall River, is episcopal chairman of this year's appeal. Bishop Gerrard said: "The appeal is in honor of Bishop Connolly. He is observing his 25th anniversary as a Bishop. The entire 25 silver jubilee years were spent in the diocese. "Because .he cares for the poor, the needy, the elderly, the sick, ,he underprivileged and the youth, he has established and

Plan Scouting Awards Program Joseph F. Murphy, diocesan chairman of youth activities, announces that the 11 th annual awards program for the Catholic Committee on Scouting and Marian Committee of the Diocese of Fall River will be held' at 7:30 Thursday night, April 30, in St. Jacques Church, Taunton. Bishop James L. Connolly will concelebrate Mass with the

youth chaplains and then will present the St. George, St. Anne, Pelican, and Our Lady of Good Counsel medals to leaders of Boy Scout, Girl Scout, and Camp Fire Girl programs. A buffet will follow. in the school hall. Tickets for the buffet are available from the. following committee members: DIOCESA.N-Rev. Walter A. Sullivan, Joseph F. Murphy, Walter P. wiicox. '

Canon· Law. Scholars Score First Draft of New Code NEW YORK (NC)"-High ranking canon lawyers and scholars have warned here that a secret draft document outlining a new general constitutional law for the Catholic Church is monarchical, rigid and likely to dash renewalist hopes raised by the Vatican Council. The 1,350 with a "sub secreto" - secrecy label. He said no arrangements member Canon Law Society for making it public have been is "urgently concerned" with decided on. developing a theoretical basis for reform of canon law "which 'will 'mean the' institutional reform. of the Church," said Father William Bassett: chairman of research and development for the Canon Law Society of America. The Catholic University' law professor also said that, despite requests, the society has been denied a major role in the present reform being undertaken in sec'recy by the five-year-old papal commission, chaired by Pericle Cardinal Felici. A staff member of the canon law commission said copies of the fundamental law draft have been sent to the world's bishops,

The document - a 123-page booklet of' 94 proposed canons which would make up the "Lex Ecclesiae Fundamentalis" (Fundamental Law of the ,Church) could bring about a crisis "that would make the birth control crisis look like a Good Humor Man," said'Father Bassett. Father Hans,Kung comment~d: "We have a Clear knowledge of this top secret document. It is clearly conceived in an absolutist spirit; it has been sent to very few persons; but it could be fundamental law for 500 million Catholics. We must discuss this." The draft was compiled by a Turn to Page Seventeen

FALL RIVER-Rev. Arthur T. de Mello, Mrs. William F. Patten, Mrs. Harold E. Ward; Rev. John F. Andrews, Atty. Harold K. Hudner,. TAUNTON-Rev. Barry W. Wall, Francis L. Frazier; Mrs. Theodore J. Aleixo, Rev. Martin L. Buote, Mrs. Joseph F. Murphy. CAPE COD-Rev. Bernard R. Kelly, Mr. & Mrs. Arthur E.. Wills.. NEW BEI?FORD-Rev.Roger J. Levesque, Rudolphe A. Blanchard~ Rev. William F. O'Connell, Mrs. Lawrence A. Harney. The awards are presented to persons wha have made significant contributions to the life of the Church through their service to youth in Scouting and Camp. Fire Girl programs.

Asserts Dialogue Most Important To Ease Tension CHICAGO (NC)-"Priests must be neither foot-draggers nor gun-stingers in their relations with bishops," Fr. Frank Bonnike, newly elected president of the National Federation of Priests Councils declared here. Pastor of St. Mary's Church i!l DeKalb, Ill., Father Bonnike said "priests must do their homework, appreciate the pressures which bishops face today, and do everything to keep open channels of cOlllmunication." Turn to Page Six

expanded 31· agencies for chari·' table and social .service works. Because we care to help him in these works, we are dedicating the appeal to lBishop Connoily. Our tribute to him would be our enthusiastic response to the appeal. That is the only personal testimonial he wants." Bishop Gerrard will highlight the session with a summation of the work rendered by Bishop Connolly during these 25 silver jubilee years. The techniques and mechanics of ~he appeal will be given by ~ev. Msgr. AnthonyM. Gomes, diocesan director of the appeal. The children of Nazareth Hall School, Fall River, will perform with a skit honoring Bishop Connolly. Band selections before, during and after the meeting will be rendered by Bishop Stang High School Band, North Dartmouth. Bishop Connolly will address the session of clergy and laity. He will speak of the present and the future work to be done in the diocese in the field of charitable and social service ministrations. A coffee hour will be held for the eight representatives . from- each of the 114 parishes. A tour of the high school for those who have nQt viewed the edifice will . be conducted by the students of Connolly High. Ample parking space is available at the school. '111"III""""",""'I""""'I",n",,'II[III'''''1"',II""I"I,mtllUIII"""I'I'III,I'II')'"ll'"""

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United States Nuns Generation Ahead Of Rest of Church

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Calamitous Jump In Area Divorces

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A Summer Preview Of SIl10Qs for Both Beach and Play

10 Religoous Province

Prepare Changes

• . 14 Bishops Defy Race Policy in Rhodesia


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