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Lawrence, New Bedford First in. Early Parish Returns
Increase in Amount of Pledges Honors Ordinary on Anniversary
Charities' Appeal Heads for New High
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Youth To C@nvene ~Dver O~ M@y 28
On Sunday, May 28, the Catholic Youth Organization of me Fall River Diocese will hold its third annual convention. This year's host city is Fall River and the convention will be held at the Catholic Commu.nity Center on Franklin Street. The afternoon affair will in- convention is $2.00 per person atelude the election of new tending. This fee may be paid diocesan officers, and the at the opening of the day's acsetting up of the new year's tivities. This year, two Pre-ConeyO activities.
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'Will attend the session along with civic and state officials. Mr. Donald Montle, Coach and Athletic Director of Durfee High School in Fall River and Propm Director for the Fall River Area CYO will be the keynote (lpeaker. \ The theme for the convention 8Rd the following year's program ..ill be "Youth Serves Today." Publicity is under the chairJ.banship of Tom Costa, of Our ~dy of Health CYO, head of the Diocesan spiritual committee. Chairman of the Resolutions eommittee is Walter Nichipor, Of St. Joseph's CYO, and TreasUl'er of the Fall River Area CYO. (n charge of the spiritual committee for the convention is Henry Gillet, of Fall River. Richard Simmons. of the Taunton Ai'ea, has charge of the Elections Committee. The registration fee £or the
vention dances will be held in Fall River at the Franklin Street arid Anawan Street CYO buildings. The $2.0() fee may also be paid at these Saturday night dances of May 27, and the admission fee for the dance is included in' this registration fee. Each parish CYO is allowed two voting delegates. However, all CYO'ers from Fall River are encouraged to make this·a big affliir by attending. Th.e $2.00 fee applies to all Convention goors. TiM! convention will conclude with benediction of the most BleSsed Sacrament. At the convention, awards will be given to the winners of the Diocesan Essay Contest, to the recipients of the Father Donovan . Turn to Page Twenty-six:
The Parish phase of the Anniversary Catholic Charities Appeal started Sunday on a strong not of optimism. Headquarters announced. a total of $117,413.19 thi"l morning, Special Gift returns and early Parish returns combined to establish this promising total. .Chairman Joseph E. Fernandes reported that Special Gift contributions are still arriving in good numbers and with very acceptable increases. A good cross secti9n of parishes has also completed first returns. <:> Many business houses have increased their contributions substantially. The declared intention of the 1961 Appeal to honor Bishop' Connolly's ten years of service to the needy of the Diocese has had great public appeal. People of all sections of the Diocese have rallied to the suggestion of honoring. B ish 0 p Connolly through an increased gift to the Catholic Charities Appeal. This morning's total was arrived at with returns from thirty-seven of the one hundred and eight parishes of the Diocese. . Parish totals are: FALL RIVER Cathedral $2,916.50 Blessed Sacrament 351.00 Holy Rosary 709.00 Immaculate Conception 3,248.70 Sacred Heart 6,132.50 St. Jean-Baptist 827.00 St. Louis 1,374.00 St. Patrick 3,358.00 St. Roch 1,288.50 St. William 1,723.50 NEW BEDFORD Holy Name 4,709.00 Holy Rosary 194.00 Immaculate Conception 919.50 Mt. Carmel 5,162.00 Sacred Heart . 2,737.75 Turn 'to Page Foul'
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FOR LONG SERVICE: Manuel Benevides, with 30 years service and Miss Bertha Janson, 34 years, are recognized at St. Anne's Hospital ceremony by Mother Pierre Marie, superior. Twelve staff members with 10 to 20 years service and 37 with five to 10 years were also cited.
Bishop Divides Deaneries; High Schools Appoints Four New Deans The Most Reverend Bishop announces today the reof the Deaneries of the Fall River Diocese effectServe More division ive Friday, May 12. What was formerly Upper Bristol
Education in the Diocese of Fall River will expand when classes resume in September. The third freshman cl<a~
to enter Bishop Stang High School, N<:>rth Dartmouth, will number 224 and the first freshman class in the Bishop Feehan High School, Attleboro, has 8l'l enrollment of over 190. Other secondary schools will be filled to capacity so that there will be m<:>re than 600 new stu: Turn to Page TW~nty-siX:
Deanery is now divided into the Taunton Deanery, The Attleboro Deanery comprises the 12 parishes of Attleboro, No. Attleboro, Mansfield, Norton, North Easton and Seekonk. Appointed Dean is Very Rev. Thomas F. Walsh of St. John the Evangelist Church, Attleboro. The Taunton Deanery includes the 13· parishes of QTaunton, Raynham, No. Dighton and
Cape Cod To Inaugurate Anti-Smut Campaign At Barnstable High School Meeting Sunda.y
By Russell Collinge Sunday evening-May 14-7 :30 P.M.-Barnstable High School in Hyannis. What and why? Well, here's tl!e story. There are a lot of dirty, dangerous, and demoralizing books around-they a·re aimed at the younger people of this country-they are all too Glergy assignments aD- available for easy reading and indigeStion-they do the youth of our communities no good lft()unced today by the Ohan- at all. A~ a simple, uncomX know there is a school of OVai' backwards with regard to cery ,Office include tho plicated. layman, that about thought whose addicts scream iA any restrictive measures - to transfer of Rev. Ernesto R. sums up my understanding gaggling horror at the appalling lean so far that something hapl130rges from St. Michael's Church .of the smut being peddled ogre of "censorship" whenever pens to the spine. The funny
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(Pall River, and the assignment throughout this country - and .of Rev. Gilbert J. Simoes, 01'- peddied quite openly on news &ined May 1, to St. Michae.l's. stands. Almost everywhere - in '!lev: Bernard R. Kelly, ordain- the smallest ice cream parlor and in: the plushiest chain stores. ~ at the same time as Father . <Simoes, has received a temporSome of the smtlt is gentle~ assignment to Holy Name hardly noticeable in individual ~urch, Fall River. examples, but insidious in quan. Father Borges, born Sept. a, tity lots. Some of it is outright <1»13 in St. Michael's, Azores, pornography. And it covers $tu.died for the priesthood at the . every phase in between. ~inary of Angra, Terceira, l[ don't think anyone would ~res. He was ordained June 20, like to have someone telling dir~ by Bishop WUliam A. Gtd- ~ jokes to his children - but CDaraes of Angra. _ people don't seem to care if the Bis previous assignments ha'ro same jokes, stories and w~ off~luded service as a curate aAd color idees 8I'e printed and. • hospital chaplain in the Azor~ stacked on magazine -racks, wait'Jfe was appointed assistant at ing and ready to supply that sly • . Micliael, Fall River, tn nudge in the l'ibs or offer a lbecember, 19413. His new ap.. worldly "Hey, kid! You w~ a»:nt was effective 'J.luesday.( k.oow what roalW gOf!B. om,=
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thing is that it is not their backbone that gets damaged - it seems to be ours. If I write some strongly AngloSaxon expressions on tne side of your house I will li~ely go to jail-most surely you will tell me in no uncertain terms that I MAY NOT D9 THAT! You would take firm action t~ curb my tendency to display in public my esoteric knowledge which is contrary to the moral values of .the community-and to prevent my spreading more Angio:'Saxon words--and perhaps Anglo-Saxon pictures-where others, particularly children, might see the m and, through childish lack of perception and values, t:luI'D te
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the Attleboro Deanery and Dighton. Appainted Dean is Very Rev. Patrick H. Hurley of St. Joseph's Church, Taunton. What was formerly Lower Bristol Deanery is now divided into the Fall River Deanery and the New Bedford Deanery. The Fall Riv~r Deanery Includes the 35 parishes of Fall River, No. Westport, Somerset, Swansea, Central Village and Ocean Grove. Named Dean is Very Rev. Arthur W. Tansey. rector of St. Mary's Cathedral. The New Bedford Deanery includes the 30 parishes of 'New Bedford, Acushnet, Fairhaven, Wareham, Mattapoisett, So. Dart. Turn to Page Twenty-six
Nurses Meet On Saturday ......The Fall River Council of Catholic Nurses will hold its Spring plenary meeting Saturday afternoon and evening, May 13, at St. Anne's Hospital, Fall River. Very Rev. Arthur T. Geoghegan, S.T.D., superintendent of schools for the Diocese of Providence, will be guest speaker. Other events in the program will include a tour of St. Anne's new· nurses' home, a tea, business meeting, and election of officers. . Preceding a 7 o'clock dinner, benediction will be celebrated in the hospital chapel by Rev. Cornelius Keliher. Miss Catherine McCarthy, R.N. Diocesan president of Catholic nurses, Will preside at the dinner at which Father Keliher, council spiritual director, will be toastmaster and Most Rev. James L. ~onnony will speak.