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Catholic Charities
Parish Solicitation
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,The two' phases of the Catholic Charities Appeal will be active this week. end. The Special Gifts Committee of the Diocese will be completing its solicit ation and the one hundred and five Parish Committees will be launching their parochial Appeal.
Thursday, May 1, 1958
Special Gifts have conti nued to indicate a strong community support' of the Appeal. Business and pro
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fessional people are once again showing their appreciation for the community services per formed through the Appeal agencies. Solicitors were request ed by Headquarters this morning to please'make their returns on gifts as they are received and to complete their phase of the" Appeal by this weekend. Represent 'Needy A genuinely enthusiastic spirit prevails as the individual Parish Committees make the last minute preparations. The Parish Chair~ men have the com'mittees well organized into teams that are eager to com.mence their phase. Sunday will signal the begin ning of the Parish ~ppeal by , 8,000 solicitors.' They will visit each workin~ person in the T.urn to Page Eighteen
Name Taunton Pupils Science Fair Winners
CHARITY CONTRIBUTION: William Fioretti, left, Catholic Charities Appeal collector of St. Mary's Church, " Mansfield, receives the contribution of Mr. and ·Mrs. Joseph Taunton students swept F. Murphy and their daughter, Barbara. This scene will major awards at the First take' place all over the Diocese on Sunday as the door to Annual DioGesan Science door canvassing begins. Fair, held in connection with
Cites China Pli,ght to Warn Americans of Red Danger.s By Patricia McGowan HIn China the policeman is not a kindly friend as he IB in Massachusetts; instead, he's the feared agent of Com nunism, possessor of a complete dossier on every individual in his jurisdiction, ready to report anyone who seems to be falling away from the lay people or priests, was for party line." bidden. In 1954 even this ar Thus the Most Rev. Ken rangement came to an end and .eth R. Turner, S.F.M., the the Bishop was exiled from
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exiled Bishop_ of Lishui, China, aummed up the condition of life in that land. He is at present in the Diocese of Fall River ad ministering the sacrament of Confirmation.. The first bishop of his diocese, :Bishop Turner had only been in office five months when the Communists entered Lishui in 1949. At first, there was little Interference with Church affairs, hut in 1951 the Bishop, his priests, and Sisters were placed Mnder house arrest. This meant "'at communication of any sort with Chinese Catholics, either
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False Rite "I have 1)0 means of commun ication with my diocese and can only hope that the native clergy are able to carryon as best they. can," said the Bishop. He ex plained that the religious situa tion is complicated by the fact that the Communists have or ganized a "Patriotic Catholic Church" which acknowledges no allegiance to the 'Pope or to any but Chinese superiors. The ex istence of this "church" makes it very difficult for priests who Turn to Page Seventeen
Mons~gnor JameS Coyle High School
Celebrates Silver Jubilee Today In observance of the 25th anniversary of Msgr. Coyle Iig-h School, four of its priest graduates this morning assisted Rt. Rev. Msgr. James J. Dolan in celebrating Solemn High Mass at St. Mary's Church, Taunton. They were Rev. John F. Hogan, th~ school is named. Coming aass of 1935, deacon; Rev. to Taunton in 1896 from New James F. Lyons, 1936, sub port, he served as pastor of St. 4eacon, and Rev. Joseph L. Mary's Church for 35 years, and Powers, 1939, master of cere .onies. A commemorative sermon was 4lelivered by Rev. John P. Dris .,11. 1941. Luncheon at Coyle ,.... a;gh School followed the Mass. .' . ;. Special tribute was paid dur _~. the observances to Msgr. ........ C€!t'le. ill WAose honor
became a leading .citizen and churchman of, the city. The cornerstone of Coyle' High was laid by Bishop Cassidy in 1932. A noted educator also prom inently associated ~ith Coyle was Rev. Raymond Bourgoin, who was ftrst appointed to tile
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the diocesan teachers' conven tion. . First prize winner was 16 year-old Lea E. Cyr of Raynham, a junior at St. Mary's High School. She won $100 for her exhibit, "A Genetic Experime~t Using Drospohilia." Lea, a mem ber of St. Jacques parish, Taun ton, began work on her exhibit in January, crossing fruft flies to prove Mendel's law of domi mince. She plans to enter nurs ing school after graduation from St. Mary's. Second and third prize win ners; both from Msgr. Coyle High School, were Timothy W. Robbins, whose exhibit was titled "Chemical Analysis of Soil," and Frederick J. Fitzsim mons, exhibiting "Aspirin' va. Turn to Page Four
Spea.kers Stress Religion Need In Education The Catholic teacher must '''labor to develop all that is uniquely divine in the stu dent, and, with equal zeal, foster all that is,uniquely human -trying to' fuse both processes in the imitation of Christ." This statement by Dr. James J. Cribbin, keynote speaker, ex pressed the theme of the highly successful third annual conven tion of the Catholic Teachers' Association of the Diocese of Fall River, held last week at S1. Anne's School. The teacher, said Dr. Cribbin, a professor at New York Uni versity, has the difficult task of giving "the. student a vision of what he can be and do-and translating this into day to day Turn to Page Eighteen
MAY'4-14, ·1958
1920 Regulations Permit Cardinal to Offer Mass
ROME (Nd) - His Eminence Samuel Cardinal Stritch. whose right arm was amputated in an operation here, will celebrate Mass despite his loss. To do so the Archbishop of Chicago, recently named Pro-Prefect of the Sacred vide that the celebrant is to hold Congregation for the Propa his hands together in front of gation of the Faith, will his chest, the infirm priest will normally perform this act with avail himself of an instruc tion issued here on JanuarY 28, 1920. The instruction, issued by the Sacred Congregation of Rites and approved by Pope Benedict XV, lists the special conditions to be observed by "priests who, deprived of their right arm, have received apostolic dispensation :for the celebration of Mass." It outlin'es in detail all the acts.to be performed both by the celebrant and the priest assist ing him. The essential condition is that a priest without a right arm must always be assisted by another priest who will help him in all stages of the Mass. The infirm priest will trace the sigh of the cross with his left hand over himself, the sacred vessels and the people present. Whenever liturgical norms pro
his left hand alone, unless he can conveniently avail himself of an 'artificial right hand which will enable him to observe the norm· al liturgical requirement. The assistant priest will turn the pages of the missal and will, for precautionary reasons, assure the stability of the chalice with the fingers of his left hand whenever the celebrant covers or uncovers it. The instruction also deals with certain special details for the purpose of ensuring the regular celebration of the Mass with special reference to the Conse· cration and· Communion. The document bears the signa. ture of the Prefect of the Con gregation of Rites, Cardinal An· tonio Vice, and its Secretary of that time, Cardinal Alessandro Verde, who died here recently.
Parish Representatives to Plan Diocesan Youth Council Sunday The next step in the organization of the Diocesan Youth Council will be a meeting at 2 :30 Sunday afternoon in the Catholic Youth Community Center" New Bedford. Parish Moderators have been informed to send four young people and two adult advisors as Miss Fandel are well qualified representatives of their par to discuss fully the Council Plan with the youth and adults in ishes to this session. Rt. Rev. John P. Carroll, attendance. It is hoped that the results CYO Director of the Archdiocese of Boston, has made available the services of Edmund Madden, a member of Boston CYO Speak ers' Bureau. Mr. Madden, a student at Bos ton College, is president of the Archdiocesan Council and New England Council of Youth. He will be accompanied by Miss Anne Fandel, former vice presi dent of the National Council of Youth. Both MI:. Madden and
of this conference will give the individual parish units an oppor· tunity to elect their own officers and set up their committee. At a later date the presidents of each unit and an elected dele· gate will convene in the differ· ent regions of the Diocese to elect regional officers. The final meeting will be at tended by regional officers fFom whom Diocesan officer. will be
elected.