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FalfRiver, Mass. Vol. 1, No.4
ST. PAUL
The Second Annual Convention of the Catholic Teachers Association of the Di()o cese of Fall River will be held next Thursday and Friday, May 9 and 10, at st. Annl School, Forest Street, Fall River. The administrative and teaching personnel of the 55 elementary and 10 high schools in the diocese, ap proximately 800 p r i est s , Brothers, Sisters and. Lay Teachers representing a stu
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Application 'or Itcond·class mall pri,l· leQtI il pendinl .t ra" Rinr,. Mass.
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dent body of 19, 721 children, will attend. The conventlon r which is held annually, will bring to the dio cese some of the nation's out standing leaders in the field of education. especially Cathollo education. The convention will open on Thursday morning at' 10:00 o'clock with His ExcellencY. Most Reverend James L. ConnOlly. D.D.. D.Sl<. Hist.• Bishop of Fall River. presiding. The opening' address will be CALIFORNIA ROSES ·FOR FATIMA: Roses to be delivered by Annabelle M. Mel ville Ph.D., 'Professor of History planted at the celebrated Shrine of Our Lady of Fatima, at the Massachusetts Stat" Portugal, are pictured being blessed by Msgr. Patrick J. Teachers Coliege, Bridgewater. Dignan of Los Angeles prior to dispatch by air for dedica Dr. Melville is one of the leading tion ceremonies in May. The roses will be set in the CaU Catholic hIstorians of the coun foruia garden on grounds of the Monastery Pope Pius XIL try. Her recent books, "Elizabeth Bayley Seton" and "John CarroU· From left are Sheila Ryan, of the Young Ladies' Institute, Arnold Swanson. of Pan American Airways and Msgr.
o! Baltimore" have been well re ceived in historical circles. She Dignan. NC Photo. will address the gathering on
"Cathollc Education In Colonial
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. Music at the opening session will be furnished by The Glee Club o! JeSUS-Mary Academy of Fall River. Rev. John GrlffIn Is headl11l Men and women who form a A feature of the convention will be the Priests Luncheon on cross section of the Diocese In the Taunton group. Rev. John P. Thursday at noon at St. Louis every respect are readying their Hogan leads the New Bedford Chmch Parish Hall, Fall River. persuasive ability for the first contingent, Attleboro 18 man All the priests of the diocese have phase of the Cathollo Charitiel aged by Rev. James F. McCarth7. In North Attleboro Rev. Edinund been invited to attend. Mr. WIl- Appeal. L. Dickinson 13 l.J1 charge, and tD They are members of the Spe lIam J. O'Keefe, Professor of Law at Boston College and a leadinll cIal Gifts Committee of the Fall RIver Rev. Raymond W. Mo authority on Massachusetts cattmllo .Charities A P pea 1. Carthy heads the Committee. Returns are made to the Area School Law wll1 give an informal Among them are. to be found talk at the luncheon on "Civil men and women from all age Headquarters and then forward groups, nationalities, business ed to the Diocesan Headquartera. Law and Catholic Education." All contributions of business es Doctor' Helen Blair Sullivan, a backgrounds, professions, all sec tions of the Diocese. These are tablishmenta headed by a par native of Fall River and present ly Director of the Educational the thousand members of the Ish member an credited to the Clinic at Boston University will Special Gifts Committee who wlll total of that parish. Other dona conduct their special part of the tions are credIted to Headquart. conduct a session Friday morn Ing on "Current Trends in the annual Appeal from the ninth to ers. CommunIt:r Benefti. Field of Reading-The Twelve the 19th of May. During thls phase o! the Ap Area Directors Year Plan". Doctor Sullivan is a peal. all busIness concerns in the the Diocese Is For convenience nationally recognized authorized broken down Into five areas, New Dlocess will be contacted. The on reading. Bedford, Taunton, Attleboro, past history of the Appeal Indl Special Session On Friday afternoon, Reverend North AtUeboro and Fall River. cate3 the high esteem In, whlcb In each area there Is a large these men hold the work accom Wl1llam F. Jencks, C.SSR. Dlr group of dedicated SpecIal Gifts plished through the funds ;)l)o talned. Tum to Pal" Four Solicitors.
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lUONTH OF MARY: Through the centuries, Our Fall River Priest Sees Blessed Lady has been portrayed by the leading artists and sculptors of the world. Here is shown Our Lady of Wisdom, erected in a Shrine on the grbuRds of Christ the 1{ing Seminary, St. Bon~venture, N. Y. ThIs portrait was taken from an eight foot statue carved in white Cararra marble by Frederick C. Shrady, noted sculptor of Ridgefield, Conn. "All roads lead to Rome." And at no time during tha whole year is thia more evi The month of May is dedicated to the Blessed Mother. dent than during Holy Week. ( Whether the pilgrims set down onto Ciampiano Airport in a roaring ,turbo-prop airliner or chug in aboard an over-crowded Volkswagon-the fact is, they cornel H()o R~ds tels are jammed to capacity, and if a late-comer is lucky, he may be able to beg bed and board in one of Rome's hospitals or monasteries. . Why do these thousands VATICAN CITY (NC)-The Vatican City weekly, thoull'h this llturiJ' 1a the same. L'Osservatore della Domenica, has accused Soviet diplo of pilgrims (1957's estimate the customs that surround It are -250,000) come to Rome at :r.nacy of creating divisions in Jordan and the Middle East as dIverse u the histories of FaD for the purpose of enlarging its own sphere of influence., Easter? Certainly not to River and Rome. throw a coin Into the Trevl On ·Holy Thursday. for In An editorial signed by Soviets aa exertl1\i pressure in Fountain or to examine the pic .tance, a pllgrlm to Rome would Federico Alessandrini, as· the Middle East In order to sub tures In their favorite art gallery. partIcipate In the afternoon Mau come because Rome Is St. at St. Peter'. lUld afterwarda sistant editor of L'Osserva· stitute a dominant Soviet Influ They ence for a declining western Peter's diocese - by - choice, and watch the old tradition -of the in the Eternal City they can tore Romano, Vatican City Influence. canons washlnll' down the tower
Holy Week In Rome
Vatican Daily Says Stir Middle East 'Unrest
dail.r said: "The communist8 are advo cateil of the Independence of peoples who do not belong to their political sphere o! influence • • • They attack the United States. through Eisenho\'{er'l policy. according to their inter pretation. would create obstacle3 to the economIc. poUtlcal and social progress of the young , countries o! the MIddle East for purely materialistic aim..." Professor Alessandrlnl sees the
"These countries can be reall7 free and have all the iUarantee. which the United Nations ilve their members," he said. "but their effectIve emancipatIon de pends on the Soviet Union and on Its policy which. usIne the freedom of peoples as a pretext. Is workIng toward the substitu tIon of disappearing colonIaliam wIth a new and more effective colonialism stmllar to that im posed upon so many 'peoples democracies' of Europe."
contact all those time-honored traditloIUl that grew up when the Church was stlll young. And at no time as at Easter Is Rome 81 bristling with ancient traditions. Customa Diverse Although the Church's LlturiJ' 1a the same the world over-and in this sense Fall River', St. Mary's Cathedral haa exactlJ' what Rome's St. Peter's offer. I Christ reliving His Passion. Death and Resurrection for and with H.Ia Mystical Body-al-
ing papal altar wIth 011 and wine. This symbolizes the anointing of Christ. And after the altar had been finally dried with fluffJ balla of wood-shaving. on 10111 sticka (grand aouven1ra for the enterprlsinlr seminariana of Rome I ), the pUll'J'lm would then cranl hta neck: to a balcony blab above the papal altar. Six tan candles burn there. 8Plashm. wu ~enerous1JE, Then a prteat.
BEV. EDWARD J. MITCHELL
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