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To Compete for Sci,ence Fair Awards The sixth annual convention of the Catholic Teachers' Association of the Fan River Diocese will be held Thursday and' Friday, May 4 and 5, at Bishop Stang High School. North Dartmouth. Educators from many parts of the United States will be among those addressing the more than 800 Priests, Bro thers and Sisters staffing the 11 high schoolB and 60 elementary schools of the Diocese. Nearly, 22,000 elementary and high school students are served by them.
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Of Father Slavin, O.P. Most Rev. Russell J. McVinney, Bishop of Providence, eelebrated a Pontifical Requiem Mass in SS. Peter & Paul Cathedral, Providence, this morning for the Very Rev. Robert J. Slavin, O.P., pr-esident of Providence College since ~47. Most Rev. James L. diocese, who today are among C~nnolly, Bishop of Fall the leaders in business, govern-
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R1ver, was among the RUInerous prelates and distinguished members of the Church attended the requiem. Father Slavin, seized by a fatal lIOronary thrombosis on Monday Ofternoon, was particularly well known in, the Fall River Diocese. 4. great number of men from this
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mental activities, medicine and law, were graduated from the Dominican institution during the 14-year reign of the eminent educator. Enrollment at the Providence institution more than doubled during his presidency and the faculty increased proportionately. The late college president was also well known to other hundreds of diocesan faithful who heard him speak at numerous activities in recent years. Father' Slavin received the highest academic award of the Dominican order and one rarely conferred in December 1951 when he was presented the Master of Sacred Theology degree. There are members of the diocesan clergy who came under the' influence of Father Slavin during their undergraduate days at Providence College. Boston Native Bor-n in Dorchester, Mass., a son of Ambrose A. and the late Mary (McLaughiin)' Slavi'1, 'Father Slavin' showed early indications that he would enter the priesthood. He' never returned home 'from school without making a visit to the church first. He became head altar boy. Tuft1 to Page Twel~
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The appointment of Mr. John C. O'Brien to the faculty of Bishop Stang High School in No. Dartmouth was a:anounced today by the Rev. Patrick J. O'Neill, acting superintendent of schools for the Diocese of Fall River. Mr. . O'Brien will serve in the du:al capacIty of Faculty Manag-er of Athletics and head coach of basketball. His classroom assignment has not been determined. _ For the'past two years O'Brien has been ·varsity 'coach of basketball at Monsignor Coyle High 'where his· teams earned an excellent reputation for smart,' aggressive play. ,His previous coaching experience included a seven year stint as Freshman mentor at Somerset\High during Tum to Pag~ Eighteen
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"My heartiest congratulations on the occasion of your Tenth Anniversary as the Ordinary 'of tlle Diocese of Fall River. Please accept the enclosed check for One Thousand Dollars as an endorsement of the Catholic Charities Appeal. Your zealous Ond tireless work to expand the educational •.. the health and welfare agencies of the Diocese {has been an inspiration to aU !!If us." -Norman F. Hochtl ' Turn to lP'ag4l lEighteeEl
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A special elUtion' of The ~nchor is being distributed 00 OUl!' subscrubers through tho lInaii this wee~{. ITt commemorates the tenth anniversary of Bishop Connclny as Ordunary Of the Dicoese. Special edition copies will be distributed in at! churches Clll Sunday..
Rev. Mr. Rog-er Brisson" M.S. of La Salette Seminary, Attleboro, will be ordained to the priesthood at 7 :30 Monday night, May 1 in StMary's' Cathedral, Fall River, together with two candidates for the Diocesan priesthood, Rev. Mr. Gilbert Justin Simoes and Rev. Mr. Bernard Richard Kelly. Bishop Connolly will be ordain.ing prelate.
REV. MR. BRISSON, M.S. Rev. Mr. Brisson, son of Mill. and Mrs. Alfred J. Brisson, Manchester, N. H., graduated from St. Anthony's grammar school in that city and entered the La Salette minor seminary, Enfielc:t. N. H., in 1947. The ordinand made his first religious profession in 1954 al Center Harbor, N. H. and continued major seminary studie. at La Salette seminary in Attle'J.luft1 to Pa~ Eighteen
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Pre-Appeal Gifts Indicate Charities Drive Enthusiasm Prior to yesterday's opening of the Special Gift phase ef the Catholic Charities Appeal a number of unusual gifts to the Anniversary Appeal ardved at Headq~arters. Each of these pre-Appeal, spontaneous contributions reflected the esteem and affection in which Bishop Connolly's ten veal's of service to the Diocese are held. Accompanying
Some 75 exhibitors of educational materials will be represented at the two day meeting. Following a dialogue Mass at 9:30 Thursday morning, Most Reverend James L. Connolly, DD., D.Sc.Hist. will preside at the opening session at 10:30. Chairman will be Rev. Patrick J. O'Neill, M.Ed., acting superintendent of Diocesan schools, and the speaker will be Rt. Rev. Lawrence J. Riley, S.T.D., LL.D., vice rector of St. John's Seminary, Brighton. Keynote address will have as its topic "The Priesthood of Truth." Music for the session will be by Mt. St. Mary's Academy, Fall River. Department Meetings Department meeting on elementary and high school level, scheduled for Thursday afternoon at 2, will include "Your Classroom: A Laboratory of Life," discussed by Sister M. Josephina, C.S.J., D.Ed., professor of education at Boston ColTurn to Page Eighteen
_ HIGH SCOUT HONOR: Given the St. George Award Sunday night ata banquet in Kennedy Community Center, New Bedford, for their contribution to the Diocesan Boy Scout program were, left to right, Amedo J. Dittami of Swansea, Joseph F. Murphy of Mansfie~d, and EdwMd G.. Cloutier of New Bedford. ; \.
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- LONDON (NC) - Britain's prime minister has predicted that the froo world's struggle with communism will end oot when hydrogen bombs destroy both camps but when communists ask themselves the meaning of life. Prime Minister Harold. Macmillan told If we can hold on long enough a nationally televised. press then we have won our freedom conference that Western and theirs." This statement from the Prime strategy should be to "hold
on" until the Reds start asking themselves the right questions about the purpose of life, the meaning of sin, and God. In reply to a question on the relative power of the communist world and the free world, Mr. McMillan said tha t both sides could destroy the other but that "enough is enough, in my view." ,He continued:, "The contest will be in another field, partly technical, partly material but partly for the souls of men. For what in the end is the purpose of life? "Surely our job is to hold on long enough so that some questions that men always ask each other in the end will be asked: Why are we ,here? Is there' a right and wrong? Is there sin? Does God exist? ''These questions will be asked - and I think are being asked-in the communist society.
Minister came at the end of a half-hour questioning by political reporters on his talks in the U. S. with President John F. Kennedy. The Anglican Prime Minister's talks with America'3 first Catholic president centered on Wester!" poiicy in the face of communism. Mr. MacMillon was asked whether the Soviet Union's lead in space could be attributed to Russia's emphasis on productive goods at the expense of consumer goods. He replied by asking what is the purpose of life. "If the sole object of life is production I suppose really it has been best solved by the insect world-the bee," he said. "They do nothing else. The only weakness is that somebody comes and takes your honey away." He said that what is wanted is a balanced system of production, giving people the widest !-ire possible.