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Bishop Connolly Starts 15th Year as Prelate of. Charity

CCA Develops Into Act of Appreciation

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" Thirteen thousand Catl)oIic Charities :Appeal solicitors are preparing to make 91,000 contacts in 109 parishes between the hours of 12 and 2, or 1 and 3, on Sun­ day, May 9. The dedication of this year's Appeal ~ honor the beginning of Bishop Connol­ ly's fifteenth year as leader of the Diocese

has given a notable impetus to the intensity of preparation and the desire for an un­ usual success. Special Gift solicitors are hastening to complete their contacts by their Sat­ urday deadline. Parish Committeemen are engrossed in their final preparations for an energetic Appeal. Chairman Richard K.

Martin said today at headquarters: "AU of the Appeal's leadership is pleased with the initial Special Gift returns. There are many notable increases for the Annivers­ ary Year AppeaL Our sincere wish is that this example becomes widespread. "There is considerable early evidence Turn to Page Twelve

The ANCHOR Fall Rive" Mass., Thursday, May 6, 1965

Vol. 9, No. 18

PRICE IOc

© 1965 The Anchor

$4.00 per Year

800 Diocesan Teachers Attend Convention The Fall River Diocesan Catholic Teachers Association's annual \convention opened this morning at Feehan High School, Attleboro, with a Solemn Mass of the Holy Spirit celebrated by Rev. Joseph P. Delaney, M.Ed., assistant superintendent of Dio<;esan session during which Rt. }\ev. schools. He was assisted by John B. McDowell, superintend­ Rev. James F. McCarthy of Turn to Page Seventeen St. John's Parish, Attleboro, ~nth

and Rev. Bernard :f. Sullivan of St. Mary's Parish, l'forton, subdeacon. Rev. Joseph Is. Powers, chaplain at Bishop Feehan High School, Attleboro, eerved as master of ceremonie3. 'l'he choir of the Sisters of ffotre Dame de Namur of Bi!!hop atang High School, No. Dart­ *,outh, participated iii the cere­ IRonies and Rev. Paul G. Con­

Dolly served as director of the .usic... Most Rev. James :I. Gerrard, Auxiliary Bishop of the Diocese fi Fall !tiver, presided at the ~acon,

Diocesan Women . Meet Saturday At Stonehill .

- Al"rangements are com­ plete for the 12th annual­ oonvention of the Fall River Diocesan Council of Catho~

lic Women, to open at 9:30 Sat­

urday morning, May 8 at Stone­ hill College, North Easton. Mrs. 'l'urn to Page Twenty

SEEKONK PARISH SOLICITORS: Kits were distributed today at Mount Carmel Parish, Seekonk, as 110 parishioners prepare to visit all homes in the Parish on Sunday. Left to right, Rev. John J. Murphy, parish administrator; Frederick Blythe, solicitor; Maa. tiel Piquette, seated, parish chairman; Miss Angela Medeiros, solicitor.

Father James A. Clark Reports On Dominican Republic Situation WASIDNGTON (NC) ­ .WhO is the papal nuncio in the Dominican Republic and how has he emerged a8 a major figure in. peace efforts in that strife_torn nation? Archbishop Emmanuelle Cla­ rizio, a top Vatican diplomatic troubleshooter, is dean of the diplomatic corps in Santo Do­ mingo and has led the Churcll in fast-'paced support of pro­ gressive social movements since he arrived in 1961. - Some insights into the prob­ lems and plans of the 54-year-

old, Italian-born nuncio. and the Church in the Dominican Re­ public were given in an inter­ view here by Father James A. Clark, assistant to the director of the Latin America Bureau of the National Catholic Welfare Conference. Father Clark, a priest of the Fall River diocese, and· native of New Bedford, has just re­ turned from three months in the Dominican Republic where he served as press information of­ ficer for the rel:ent International Marian and Mariological Con­ gresses there.

"The efforts of the nuncio _ effect a cease-fire," said Father Clark, "continue a tradition of Church effort to preserve peace in the country." The late dictator, Rafael Tru40 jillo, who was assassinated ill May, 1961, left the country "a heritage of (llvision" whicll makes "cooperative effort come hard," said Father Clark. In addition, he continued, the country "lacks normal peace­ keeping mechanisms." He explained: "There it; n. supreme court or congress and Turn to Page Twenty

Parish Leaders Foresee New High for 1965 Appeal

Parish chairmen from various sections of the Diocese have manifested their enthusiasm for this year's Catholic Charities Appeal in terms that demonstrate their familiarity with the accomplishments of Bishop Con­ nolly as administrator of the Diocese of Fall River and evokes a confidence .JAMES M. HOBERT, parish ehaiu-m.-aiil, Francis Xavier in Hyannis.

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We in Hyannis are planning something beyond the regular in this Anniversary Year. Bishop Connolly has done so much fur

charity in so many

ways that we want this year to be a genuine tribute to him. Natu­ rally, all here on the Cape are most appre­ ciative of what is being done at Nazareth 01\ the Cape for retarded .children. This year Will be a special opportunity • iiltow • at il'atitud-e ill a practical w<aI;

that the 1965 Appeal will become the most successful in the 23-year history of this annual Appeal. Chairmen from Hyannis, Wareham,-New Bedford and Westport weN spontaneous in their expressions of what this Appeal signifies.

JOSEPH BOLLEA, parish chairman, St. George, Westport.

WILLIAM PALING, parish chairman, St. Patrick, Wareham.

ARTHUR CAETANO, parish chairman, Our Lady of Mt. Carmel, New Bedford.

. Our Committeemen are enthused with the idea of $15 to honor Bishop Conno­ lly's fifteenth year of leadership in the Dio­ cese. He has done much to provide for the chronically ill in t his neighborhood. '4" Now we want to help I him establish Madonna ,_ ,Manor, North AttIe-

The townspeople of Wareham know and appreciate the kind care given the - - ---- -- -- -- '. elderly in the Diocesan·

[ Homes for the Aged.

! Bishop Connolly has , i made much of this , ,care a reality. We in I 1Wareham know what , : these services mean to I the elderly. We have ! completed all our plans i for the 1965 Appeal and dedicate ourselves to do a job truly com­ memorative of this Anniversary Year. Weare confident of complete succeSi•

Bishop Connolly has provided unex­ celled opportunities for youth. New Bed-

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