Diocese to S.urpass 1958 Appeal Total
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,All indications at Charities Appeal Headquarters this morning manifesterthat every 'parish in the Diocese will exceed its 1958 fin al total. As ·returns from parishes continue to arrive at Headquarters tliey are swelliIfg totals to new highs. The trend of increased giving that was evident in first reports has not faltered. In many parishes it has increased ,and exceeded even optimistic . expectations. The arrival of many Special Gifts has added , . to the present degree of suc-
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Fai. River, Mass. , Thursday, May 14, 1959 PRICE JOe Se£oDd' Ch.M Mail Pr.".ileRe. Vol. 3, No. 20 Aathorized $4.00' pe' a' Fall RiYer. Ma...
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iel ~. Carey, Re,:. Ambrose E. Bowen, Rev. Edwm J. Loew. Ordained in St. James' Cathedral; Mo~treal, Rev. J: B. R~land Bou~e 'wlll obser'oW hIS anmversary June 24. . Cape Service Fathe~ Hull's assignments have included Sacred Heart Oak Bluffs, where he served 'briefly upon ordination, followed ,by 19 years at ~acI'ed Heart, Fall River. From 1953 to 1954 he was
St. William's, Fall River. . Father . Fenton served for seven years .at Corpus Christi, Sandwich, and for a year at St. Paul's Taunton. Since 1942 he' has be~n on duty as a chaplain with the United States Army. Col. Bernard J. Fenton, regular-. ly is stationed at the Pentagon, . but at present is on' a trip to the O~ient with the Chief of Chaplams. 'Also with the armed services !!ince 1942 has been Father Canty. li,'l\evious assignments inTurn to Page Three
Bishop Ca~sidy' Requiem Mass Tomorrow His Excellency, the Most Reverend James L. Connolly, D.D., Bishop of Fall River, pontificate tomorrow
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morning at the eighth Anniver~ sary Pontifical Mass of Requiem for the repose of the soul of the' late Bishop Cassidy, third Ordinary' of the Diocese of Fall River. Most Rev. James J. Gerrard, Aux.i1iary Bishop of the Diocese, will be present in the sanctuary. Officers of the MfiSS will be .. follows: Rt. Rev.. Humberto S. MedeilOS, Diocesan Chancellor, assist.. ant .priest; Rt. Rev. James Dola.. TIIII'I1 to Page Twe~t7-,tw. ,
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Teachers from Catholic elementary and high schools in the Diocese are gathered in Fall River, today and tomorrow for the fourth annual convention of the Catholic Teachers Association, .being hel~, at St. Anne':; School, Forest Street., General convention chairman :-Exhibits displaying textbooks is Rev. Edward J. Gorman, and school supplies will supple.. ' S ;. d ·f· ment leetUl'es and discussion, D ·· IOcesan upellllten ent 0 bringing the latest developments Schools.. Serving with him in techniques and tools to the attention of the convention. Concurrent with the conven- • tion, a science, fair for liigh school stlldents is in' progress at 'nearby Dominican' Academy on ' Park Street. Winners will be selected this afternoon and displays will be open to the public tomorrow.
.His Excellency, Most Rev. James J. Gerrard, D.D.,V.G.,. will open the sixth annual convention of the Fall River Diocesan Council of Catholic 'Women in the auditorium of KennedyCenter, New Bedford, at 10:25 Saturday mornin~. Fou~ workshops will foling of the National Anthem with low the opening message piano accompaniment by Miss · h G Mary E. Whelan; Very Rev. f rom,' B IS oP. errard. ,!he Hugh A. Gallagher, New BedFamIly and DIocesan InstItu- ford district moderator will
tion~ and Liturgy and the Family concurrently from] 0:30 to 11 :25; 'Psychology of Children' and D.C.C.W. Program Is a Unit from 11:30 to 12:20, also 'concurrently. A ,youth· exhibit will be on - display in the rear of the auditorium, consisting of projects o,f diocesan yout!I groups, such as c!!'r::llnics, handicraft, sewing and art work~ Miss Mary A. Cole New Bedford, IS diocesan chairman' of youth, 'assisted by Mrs. George Charbonneau, Fall River district chairman; Miss Mary Foley, New Bedford; Mrs. Mary Neville, Taunton; Miss Shirley Givens, Attleboro; Mrs. Harold .Hayes, Cape an.,d Islands.' Luncheon will be avililable from 12:20 to 1:30 with Mrs. James Leith as' chairman. Afternoon Session 'The afternoon session will open at ]:30 with prayer by Rev. Thorilas F. Walsh, diocesan moderator; all will join in sing-
Diocesan Cgtholic Teachers Meet Today in Fall River.
are Rev. John P. Driscoll, heading the hospitality committee; Rev. Ed~ard J. Burns, exhibits. Also Rev. Rene Patenaude, O.P. and Rev.' John F. Hog~n,.hall; Rev. Edmond L. Dlckmson, luncl~eon; Rev. Maurice Souza, awards. Full Schedule A full schedule is planned for the 700 educators attending convention sessions. His Excellency, , the Most Rev. Jamell L. Conolly, D.O., will addl'ess'today's opening meeting. Auxiliary Bishop James J. Gerrard is slated to' speak tomorrow. Keynoting the convention,' Rev. Richard H. Sullivan, C.S.C., will deliver today's major address on "The Catholic Teacher." Other speakers will discuss first aid, science, arithmetic, catechism, guidance and other subjects of general interest to. educators.
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parishes have already surpassed their last. year's total by a th,9usand or mor~ dollars. St. Mary's Parish' of Fairhaven has now doubled its contribution Turn to Page'Two
'Eight priests of the Diocese will celebrate the silver jubilee of their 'ordination Tuesday, May 26. Ordained in. 1934, at St. Mary's Cathedral, Fall· River, by the late Most Rev. Jarnes E. Cassidy, ·D.D., they include ·Rev. Lester L. Hull, Rev. Bernard J. Fen-' assigned to St. James, New Bed':' ton' Rev. George S Daigle ford. Since 1954 he has been at R "
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HAILS CHU'IST, KING: This'statue, on' a ,hill overlooking Lisbon,Portugal will be dedicated next Sunday. ) NC Photo.
LISBON (NC)-Portugal's nearly nine million Catholics are Joyously awaiting the unveiling of the most magnificent monument of thanksgiving for having' been spared from the horrors!?f World. War II. Portuguese Catholics have sacrificed for 19 years so next Sunday at ceremonies to that they could erect a fit- be presided overby His Emiting monument of thanks- ni!nce Manuel Cardinal Goncalgiving for peace-a $500,000 ves ~erejeira, Patriarch of Lis] OO-feet-high . statue of', Christ the King. . . The statue, which stands, on a 265-foot pedastal and faces the city of Lisbon from across the Tagus river, be dedicated
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Spiritual Work' of Armed Forces Chaplain Essential Factor in Power for P~ace By Russell Collinge
bon.' , , The statue is the fulfillment of a promise-a :promise made by the Bishops of Portugal in 1940' at the beginning of World War 11. The Bishops vowed then that if Portugal was spared from the. war they would erect a statue honoring the 'Divine Heart of Chrisf the King.
Some Problems Outside Area Of Religion
Power for Peace! This is the theme for Armed Forces Day throughout the country. 011 Armed Forces Day our people will.be welcomed at all Army, Navy and Air Force installations and wilf be shown our newest weapons.. But the thousands who see these OMAHA (NC)-The Cathdisplays must understand that they are for defense-Never Aggression. Our strength olic press by fair and balwill be used as a deterrent. the Power it has to use 'for that. the B'ltse Commander, Col- anced conduct in controversy It' tt h' l'k t- Peace-but it is well to know onel Richard W. DaVania, is could show an aspect of . s pre y muc I. e pu aware that the planes and weap-' tll1g the very best eqUIpment ons are only one kind of power Church intellectual tradition of great 'value to society, a Bishop
into our Fire Houses. We'd be happy if none of it 'ever had to be used, but it's cOI11forting to know the pumpers and ladder'trucks and, brush-breakers are ready and waiting incase we need them. Or, perhaps more to the point, if you have a shQddy, one-man police force with a bicycle~the baddies are going to have 'a field day. But get a large, weUtrained force, with radio and squad cars and pistols and night-sticks and .the' crime' rate will drop-:...but quick! Your alert and competent police force may never eveIi make an al're~t but you keep them on duty and equipped to make sure that things stay nice and quiet.' . . So with' our Armed Forcesthe bigger and better their· guns and ships and planes and other weapons the quieter things will be in our country. And Otis Air "o~e Base will sh0"iV' the publk
-that there is also the really told a· session of press' editorial great Power for Peace which lies workers. here. in the religious and spiritual Bishop John .P. Cody of Kanlife of the men on the base. Suresas City-St. Joseph, Mo., also ly a Commanding Officer who is told a 'meeting or .tl)e 49th anconc'erned with these things is nual Catholic Press Association the best proof that our strength c.onvention that such conduct will not be used recklessly or in greedy conquest. would have' "very great powers .. . . of attraction to any .man of 'fair . TIiIS IS no empty, well-soundand honest mind." mg statement about the Colonel. The, prelate said that while F~. John Denehy, the Base ChapCatholics are united on ultilam told me that no~her~ has he mate questions, they are "dihad grea.ter cooperatIOn, mteres.t, vided on many questions that ,a',ld actIve help than ~t OtIs are less than ultimate, but which FIeld. A~ Base C~aplaIn, Fr. are nevertheless, of genuine sig_ De~ehy I~ .responslble for the nificance in human affairs." entlFe reltglOus program. for all Discussion Good groups--a .p~ogr~m wh~ch can only: be a h.vlll g , mteg;al part of "I take it for granted that this the Base lIfe when It has the discussion of these contro"ersial understandin~ and .backing of issues is not only proper for the the Commandmg Officer.. Catholic press but even required Fr: Denehy is of special inter- , of it, at least of certai'n types of est ·to ,us . because ,he was 'publications," he said. Turn to Pa&'e Seventeea. Turn to PlU!:e Twent,,-tw.
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REV. JOHN F. DENEHY