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JAMES F. NICOLETTI Somerset
MRS. EVA M. DANE East Harwich
JOHN ANTAYA Attleboro
Connolly, Bishop of Fall River. The advisory education com mittee will function in much the manner .as 'other 'committees being organized in the various dioceses in the United States. The new School Board is de signed to further improve the '
Appointment of 13 mem bers-seven Jaity and six priests-to the first Diocesan ,School Board in the 62-year history of this Southeastern Mas sachusetts S'ee is announced to day, by the Most Rev. James L.
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, Bisho» Corin?ily will I>res~~e. .. The. :(ourpreIates, arel' Rt. Rev. Albert BerUbe, pastor, ' of sf;; .Nnthony of Padua ChUrch, ,. New Bedford, and, a' diocesan , cOnsultor. '
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Charity has been the word throughout the' Diocese .wince SUl,1day noon. The start of the 1966 Charities Appeal ~ strong and all indications ar.e that this' strength is ~ntinuing. Up to pres!,! time today the total raised was f270,864.07. The traditional strength of the Appeal Qmong the peoples and in dustry of the Diocese was
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Bishop Connolly has chosen individuals from various walks of life t9 serve on the newly created board, hoping that their experience, garnered in several professions, will improve the ad ministration as well as the cul Turn to Page Six
Diocesan Education Board Lay Members John Antaya, Attleboro, businessman. Francois Bouchard, New Bedford, engineer. Mrs. Eva Maria Dane, East Harwich, writer, educator. Alfred J. Gomes, New Bedford, attorney. Dr. Clement C. Maxwell, Taunton, educator. Mrs. B"eatri~ce Hancock Mullaney, Probate Court Ju4ge. James F. Nicoletti, Somerset, educator. .' Clergy', R,ev. ,Leo J. Duart, Provincetown . .R t: '.RtW'. ,Alfred J. Gendreau, Fall River. ,VelJ" l~ev. Patrick :fl. Hurley, Taunton. Rt. Rev. John A .. Silvia, New Bedford. "Rev, George E. Sullivan, Fan River. R~t. Rev. Tllomas, ;F. WallJh, Attleboro~
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re~tor of ~he I!J:~pagation,of the . " , . . . • F~ith, .and ... . .' -a diocesan .. 'col1s,ultor. . ... ,. Rt,. Rev.' James 'Dolan;' pastor , of St. Mary's ,Church~ Taunton, and a diocesan, consultor. , Catholic Teachers AssoCiation of the Diocese ia Rt. 'Rev. Hugh' A. Gallagher, pastor of St. James Church, New, holding'.', ,its Eleventh Annual' Convention today and to , ,Bedford, and dean' of the, New' morrow at Bishop Feehan High, School in 'Attleboro. Ap Bedford area. , proximately 1000 religious and Jay teachers as well as . They' are the fir~t ever ele' priests associated with. school :vated to the .rank in the hfstory work' heard the announcement lay members and six clerics to of'this diocese. of the appointment of a Dio advise the Superindendent of cesan School Board with seven Schools on all phases of educa tion in the Diocese. .This morning's keynote ad dress by Massachusetts Commis sioner of Education Dr. Owen B. Kiernan was followed by sessions of general interest as well as those of special interest for elementary and secondary teachers. Most'Rev. James J. Ger .
'First ·Heart' Appeal:';~'> ,Returns .'Gratify·ing Bi~hop
FRANCOIS BOUCHARO New Bedford
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paced by the traditional' first Honor Roll Parish, Our Lady of flhe Angels parish was joined 1\>y Nantucket's Our Lady of the lIslie. They became numbers one lm.d two on the list of Honor
Jl)arishes. . Chairman William H. Carey l!laid today: "What we have seen Ilnappening for charity these past 1llew days is heartening. It is suf IUcient to make one optimistic lMld pleased. "But the degree of success is iJIOt such that anyone can rest /IIIld consider success as having
l1Jeen achieved. There are still etlousands of contacts to be com pleted. The success 'of our Com llIl\itteemen in completing these ~U determine a great degree @i our 1966 achievement. This rs a period in which each mem l\)er of the Committee must apply lIaimself to completing quickly IilI1Mil successfully 'all centacts 1urn.,to Page Two
educational system which today rates among the best church operated in the entire country. The 13 members 'will advise and counsel Superintendent Patrick , J. O'Neill who is now in the final stage of acquiring his doctorate de¢ree. '
Investiture' of the'four new I y appointed Protono taries Apostolic will' be held at St. Mary's Gathedral in
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JUDGE MULLANEY Fall River ..
Investitu reo Scheduled' May 25
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CLEMENT C. MAXWELL Taunton
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The Convention, under the direction of Diocesan Superin tendent of Schools Rev. Patrick J. O'Neill, is also host to over ~() companies which produce textbooks and other educational materials and these have dis plays and advisors on hand to assist with school problems and to provide information.
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, Other sessions will hear Vati can Council" II theologian Rev. Bernard Haering, C.SS.R., the eagerly-awaited New England Catholic Education Center Pro , gress Report, and such oppor tunities ·for self-examination and evaluation as Criteria for Eval uating Catholic Schools, School Library; Linguistics, Creative Writing, Math for Tomorrow.