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BISHOP CO.~H~OLL Y ANNOUNCES NEW
BOUNDRY LINES FOR TWO PARISHES The Diocese of Fall River today established a new parish in South Easton, suppressed Holy Rosary pari~h in New Bedford and changed the boundary lines between St. Mary's C~urch in South Dartmouth and St. James' Church in New Bedford. The announcements have been made by the Most Rev. James L. Connolly, Bishop of Fall River. Rev. Joseph F. Hanna, c.s.c., will head the new Holy Cross parish in the northern section of the diocese. 'Rev. I;,rnest R. Bessette, administrator of the New Bedford' parish, will be re-assi&,ned. HOLY ROSARY CHURCH IN: NEW BEDlFQRJ), I
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, The ,boundary ,l~:ne chang~s, in effect, mean that all 'Dartmouth residents will now attend the parish super vised by Rev. Ar~hur G. ,Considine, while' all N~w' Bed ford residents will now belong to 'the patish' guided by R,t.' Rev.' Msgr. Hugh A. Gallagher,' dean' of the Greater New 'Bedford- section of the dioc~se. ' -,
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Of Parish, Recto"ry, School The nationai transformation of cities that is being caused by the constructIOn of superhighways has severly ~ffected the north end section of New Bedford to such a degree that many families were obliged to evacuate their hom'e and left within the boundaries of Holy Rosary the people of the area for more ~alf a co.ntury. . Parish, New Bedford, only than o'Ul' Lady of the Holy Rosary ~2 French-speaking parish- Church at A~ushnet Avenue and
ioners. '" ' The construction of Route 195 lias brought 'about a condition' 'that necessitated the issuing of a canonicai decree by' tlie Most Rev. 'Bishop formally s~ppress i~g this church thai has served
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Adult Confirmation The Most Reverend Bishop will confer tille Sacrament of iConfirmation @n adults from roaU over the Diocese at 2 this Sunday afterlllilllon in St. Mary's Cathedral, Flilil Jtiver. Recent Iilonverts and other adults who lIlave not yet received this Sac ll'.ament shoUld see their parish jpriest at onqe and receive from hum the certmc~te of eligibility whicl. they are to bring to the ~thcdral with them on Sunday.
studies at Holy Cross College, Washington. He was ordained in 1939. Following ordinatiQn, Father Hanna was appointed to the Congregation's Mission Band, North Easton, and served it for the next 19 years, the last seven as superior. He has been stationed f01 the past nine years at the Provincial House in Bddgeport. It was during this period that he, with the assistance of Rev. Frank S. Toste, C.S.C., present director, established a Boys' Camp on Sebago Lake. Maine, known as Camp Sebaik. Father Ha~ma has four sisters, Mrs. John Carey, Pawtucket; Mrs. Russell Fullerton, Rumford; Mrs. Edward Rowland, Holly Hill, Fla.; and Sister Mary Bar bara, RS,M.. of St. Joseph's Convent, Providence.
the boundaries of the two par':' ish~s will be revised in such a way that the, parishioners resid ing in the Town of Dartmouth, who heretofore attended St. James parish, will now be re garded as members of St. Mary's parish.
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Most Rev. -James L. Con nolly, Bishop of the Diocese, celebrated a Solemn Pontifi cal Mass of Requiem for the soul of the I.ute Rt. Rev. Msgr. Francis P. Connelly, P.A., a na tive of Fall River, pastor for 35 years of Our Lady of Refuge Church, Brookl~,]l. The Mass WRS offered Tuesday morning in St. Mary's Cathedra~, Fall River. A Solemn High Mass was also offered in Brooklyn in ,the late MonsignQr's parish . church. '. Monsignor William J. Gately, pastor of St' Vincent Ferrer Church, Brooklyn, and eulogist for. Monsignor Connelly, enu , merated the many positions held by' the late Fall River native in·the Diocese of Brooklyn and the honors that this great and kind churchman received were almost incidental with the emTurn to Page Four
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l'he Most Reverend Bis:hqp ha,s approved the: nomi nation made by Very Re.\'. Richard H.' Sullivan,' C.S.C.,: . Eastern Provincial of the Holy. 'Cro'ss Fathers, Bridgeport, ~ .- A ~ha-qgein the boundary, lines of St. James' Church @! the assignment of Rev. Joseph' F; ,Hanna, C.S.G.,· as~ i:n New Bedford'and St. Mary's Church in Semth Dartmouth ~ministratoJ1' of the'liewhr to~ay was ·'anl1oUJ)Ced by Bishop .co11l1011y. The change is tended St. Raphael's Academy, rounded Holy Cross parish Pawtucket, 'Providence College aesigned to better provide for the spiritual welfare of the in South E as ton. Starting and the Holy Cross Fath~'t·s. Sertl faithful in those two com . April 24, Masses on Sundays ~ary, Notre Dllme. , ~unities, ;the Diocesan Ordi and Holydays of Obligation will The newly nllmed administra-. nary emphasized. Effective be offered t~mporarily in the tor completed his theological next Wednesday, April 20, Uoly Cross Fathers Seminary .Chapel, North Easton. Fmierals &\nd W('ddings will be held in the Xmma.::ulate Conception Church, North Easton, until adequate lfacilities have been arranged. Father Hanna was born in Pawtucket, a member of St. Mary's parisb, that city. He at-
FR. JOSEPH F. HANNA, C.s.C.
Diocesan Women Convene April 30
Miss Mary E. Sullivan, director of Katharjne Gibbs Secretarial S c h 0 0 1, Provi dence, will address a leader ship session of the annual con vention of the Diocesan Council of Catholic Women Saturday, April 30 at Mount St. Mary Academy, Fall River. The session, to run from 11:20 to 12:05 Saturday morning, will also include a model meeting conducted by Diocesan past pres idents. It will be sponsored by the Organization and Develop ment Committee of the Diocesan Council with Mrs. Michael J. McMahon 'as chairrtlan. ,Miss Sullivan holds degrees from Salem College and Boston University and has done adTurn to Page Seventeell
.Changes Affect Cape Pc rishes The Most· Reverend Bishop has approve~l the nomination made by VelY Reverend Daniel J. McCarthy, SS,CC., Provincial of the Cong~egation of the Sa cred Hearts of the assignments of Father Ambrose Forgit, from Our Lady ot Lourdes in Well fleet, to Holy Trinity, West Har wich, as assi,;tantpastor. Father John Fee from Holy Trinity, We<;;tHarwich to Our Lady of LOUl'des, Wellfleet. Father Mi(':lael Kelly, present ly in residence at Sacred Heart Monastery, Fairhaven, to be as sistant at St. Joseph's, Fairhaven replacing Father Patrick Coyle who will be accepting a commis sion in the Chaplain Corps, U. S. Navy. . These changes were effective April 13, 1966.
CCA Meeting At 3 next Monday afternoon, April 18, all pastors, assistants, parish chairmen, trustees and in terested laymen will meet in the Jesus Mary Academy auditorium to make final plans for the 1966 Catholic Chanties Appeal.