Door-to-Door . Appeal Begins Sunday Dootb~lIs will ring from noon to 3 P.M. this Sunday when 16,800 volunteer Catholic Charities Appeal parish solicitors of the Fall River diocese calI on fel-
low parishioners and friends for donations and pledges in the 32nd year of the Appeal. Some 104,500 homes representing more than 300,000 people will be
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visited in the diocese's 115 parishes. The appeal provides funds for maintenance and expansion of social service projects and other apostolic works of the Diocese, which are available to all peoples in the southeastern area of Massachusetts. Most Rev. Daniel A Cronin, S.T.D., Bishop of the diocese, in his third year of the Appeal, is honorary chairman. Bishop Cronin said: "For 32 years now, a notable expression of the commonconcern of the clergy, religious and laity of the Diocese of Fall River for the mission of the Church has been manifest in the Catholic Charities Appeal. A wonderful tradition of generosity, rooted in faith, has developed.
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"Your generosity in past years to the Appeal has produced much tangible fruit. Perhaps you have read the report published this year which indicates the various . works which your support of last year's Appeal enabled us to undertake. We have been blessed with generous support in the Catholic Charities Appeal. I have every confidence, then, that , our needs, and the needs of those who turn to us for assistance, can once again be provided in this year's Appeal." Rev. Msgr. Anthony M. Gomes, diocesan director of the Appeal, in releasing first donations from the Special Gifts phase, said today that early returns have been quick in .coming and are encouraging. He points to one gift that was raised substantially. The letter aocompanying this donation
read: "We are pleased to enclose our check for $2,000. This contribution is approximately a 43 per· cent increase over our last year's gift. This increase is being made to help perpetuate the good works of charity towards both our young and elderly throughout the diocese." The Special Gift Phase will officially end on Saturday, May 5 and solicitors are requested to make their final returns by that date. The parish house-to-house Appeal beginning Sunday will officially end on Wednesday, May 16. Parish solicitors are asked to make their returns to their parish report centers on Sunday immediately. Parishioners are requested to beat home at the designated hour· 01\. Sunday to receive the solicitors.
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Teachers' Convene Today, Tomorrow As the first major thrust in the reorganization of the education apostolate in the Diocese of Fall River, teachers and the many others participating in the total education of diocesans will meet in convention today and tomorrow. The 18th Annual Catholic Education Convention will be held at Bishop Feehan High School in Attleboro, beginning at 1:30 this afternoon. Most Rev. Daniel A Cronin, S.T.D., Bishop of Fall River, will attend the opening of the convention and will concelebrate Mass with the assembled priests at 5 o'clock. '. Following light , meals available , .~
in the cafeteria, the sessions will again get underway with a final 8:15 program in the evening. Tomorrow, Friday, the sessions will begin at 10 in the morning. Lunch will· be served at noon and Msgr. Henri Hamel, President of the Diocesan Board of Education, will be the chief celebrant of a concelebrated Mass at 2:30 in the afternoon, closing the convention. The convention will gather all . educators from the field of parochial and diocesan schools and REV. MR. FURTADO that of the CCD apostolate in diocese and parishes. , Lectures, discussions and a Most Rev. Daniel A Cronin, film festival will join the many S.T.D., Bishop of Fall River, will . ordain three deacons to the . Turn to Page Four ·priesthood for servic'e in the Dio.cese of Fall River, on Saturday, May 13, at 11 o'clock. The cathedral ceremony will bring into the priesthood Rev. Mr. Steven R. Furtado of Fall River; Rev. Mr. Philip J. Higgins vicar for Catholic personnel in of Wilmigton, Mass; and Rev. Mr. Horace Travassos· of Fall the U. S. Armed Forces. ' .Msgr. Denehy was elected by River. The three deacons of the Diohis fellow chaplains on the Cardinal's Advisory Council of the cese of Fall River have prepared , Military Ordinari-ate at its April for the, priesthood at St. John's Seminary in Brighton and have meeting in New York. In his new position, he will served as deacons in various parbe responsible for coordinating ishesin the diocese and in the the activities of the council with Archdiocese of Boston. Rev. Mr. Furtado Cardinal Cooke. The council is made up of Rev. Mr. Steven R. Furtado is chaplain representatives from all the son of Jesse and Mary of the Armed Forces and the (Lopes) Furtado of Alden Street, Fall River. Veterans Administration. Following his years at BMC "The Council serves as a two way channel of communication Durfee High School in Fall River, between the military chaplains he attended St. Thomas Semand the military vicar," Chaplain Denehy said. Chaplain Denehy, a native of Fall River, received his AB. deSpeciGI gree ,from Holy Cross College in 1941. He then 'attended St. Mary Gifts Seminary in Baltimore and Theological College, Catholic UniverPAGE THREE Turn to Page Six
Elect Msgr. (Col.) Denehy Advisory Council Chairman Col. John F. Denehy, command chapJoain, has been elected chairman of a counc,i1 of advisors to Terence Cardinal Cooke, military
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inary in Bloomfield, Conn'. and Rev. Mr. Philip Joseph Higgins St. John's Seminary in Brighton. is the son of James L and Hulda He holds a B.A degree and a (Anderson) Higgins. A teacher in the Norton and Master of Divinity Degree. He has served as a deacon at Mansfield Public Schools for St. John the Baptist Parish, New nine years, he was educated at Bedford, and St. Michael Parish, Randall G. Moriss School, West Avon. Turn to Page Twenty The new priest will celebrate his first solemn Mass at Espirito Santo Church, Fall River, on Sunday, May 13, at 11 o'clock. Concelebrating with the new priest will be: Rev. John Myers, OSB and Rev. Nicholas Morcone, OSB, of Glastonbury Abbey, The Most Rev. Daniel A CroHingham; Rev. Edward Correia of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Par- nin,' S.T.D., Bishop of the Dio,ish, New ,Bedford; Rev. John cese of Fal1 River, will be honSmith of St. James Parish, New ored by the Fall River Area Bedford; Rev. Manuel Andrade Alumni Club of Providence Colof Our Lady of Healtl1 Parish, lege as the first recipi~nt of the Fall River, who will also deliver Club's "Veritas Award." The Award was established to the homily of t!te Mass. Also, Rev. Ronald Sylvia honor individuals within the and Rev. Jose Dos Santos of St. Diocese of Fall River for outJohn the Baptist Parish, New standing service to the Catholic Bed(ord; Rev. Luiz Cardosa of Church and to the Community. Espirito Santo Parish, Fall River; Bishop Cronin wiU receive the Rev. A Paul Gallivan and Rev. distlinction at a special dinner Joseph F. Donovan of St. Michael on Sunday evening, May 20th at Parish, Avon. the Coaohmen Restaurant in A reception for Rev. Mr. Fur- Tiverton. tado will be held in the Espirito A cocktail reception is slated Santo Parish Hall immediately for 7 P.M., .and dinner will be following the Mass. served at 8 P.M. with the Awards Ceremony to follow. Rev. Mr. Higgins A native of Wilmington, Mass., Turn to Page Six
P. C. Medal To' Bishop