Appeal Total Climbs to $613,461
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St.. Dominic1s Center' Blessing on Saturday Most Rev. Daniel A. Cronin, S.T.D. will offer Mass at 4 o'clock and 'bless the new St. Dominic's Center, Swansea on Saturday, May 17. Rev.. Daniel E. Carey, pastor of St. Dominic's since January, 1970 .directed the development of the new facility for the Swansea parishioners. The new St. Dominic's Center in Swansea is loca,ted to the rear of the Church and Rectory. It was constructed as an allpurpose building to meet the needs of a growing congrega-
tion. In the past three years, over three hundred new families have h~~:1 <:\.~dp.d to the parish rolls, and the great majorJty of them have beer: recently married. Thus, the need for a facility to accommodate larger congregations at some of the Masses and for special occasions was evident. The Center also provides an area for the conduct of the catechetical program, and also it is suitable for dances and social purposes. The building is constructed of Turn to Page Three
Msgr. Broderick Retiring From Cape Cod Parish After 48 years in the aotive' ministry, Rev. Msgr. Christopher L. Broderick, pastol: of St. Pius X Parish, So. Yarmouth, has made use of the directives of the Second Vatican Coundl and nas requested retirement from the active minis~ry. The Most Reverend Bishop has acceeded ito the wishes of Msgr. Broderick. Born ,in Fall River on October 7, 1899, Monsignor Broderick studied at St. Paltrick Parish School and BMC Durfee High School in Fall River, and St.
MONSIGNOR BRODERICK
ChaiIes College in Catonsville, Md. After preparation at St. Mary's Seminary in Baltimore, he was ordained a priest on May 26, 1927 at St. Mary's Cathedral, FaN River, by Most Reverend -Daniel Feehan, Second Bishop of Fall River. During his First Mass, celebrated on May 29th at St. Patrick's Church, Fall River, he was assisted by Rev. James E. Cassidy (later to be the Third Bishop of FaH River) as Archpriest and Rev. James J. Gerrard (later to be the Auxiliary Bishop of Fall River) as homHist. The Monsignor',s first assignment was to Our Lady of Lourdes Parish, Wellfleet, for the summer of 1927. He was then assigned to Immaculate Conception PariS'h, Fall River, where he was to remain as assiSitant pastor for 22 years. . During his assignment in Fa-ll River, he temporar-ily helped his brother, Rev. John F. Broderick, pastor of St. Mary Parish, 'So. Dartmouth, during a serious illness that ended in his death in 1941. . In November 1949, he was named administrator of St. Patrick Parish, Somerset. Two years later he took up the pastorate of St. Mary Parish, Norton. Turn to Page Four
Reports of special gift donations and parish contributions have raised the total to $613,461.24 in the 34th annual Charities Appeal. Edward F. Kennedy of Taunton, this year's App.eal lay chairman, ..said: "Many people are responding most genetously. I hope that every special gift and pariSh solicitor will contact every potential donor in all areas of the diocese. Special gift contacts are -stilI outstanding and many parishes have returns .to report." Many parishes are close to surpassing their 1974 final toItals-. The present number of parIshes enrolled in the 1975 Honor RoB for exceeding last year's final total is 13. They are: St. Mary, North Attleboro; Our Lady of the Isle, Nantucket (the first parish to reaoh Honor Roll status for two years .in a row); St. John, Pocasset; Our Lady of the Angels, St. John the BapHst, St. Ma·thieu, St. Patrick, St. Roeh, Fall River; St. Thomas More, Somerset; St. Louis de France, Swansea; St. Anthony of Padua, St. Boniface, New
Bedford; Holy Cross, South Easton. A final report of the 1975 Appeal will be issued five days a~ter the closing of the books. Parish chairmen, priest directors and special gift solicitors of the Appeal should make _their rePOI'ts in person at Headquarters beginning Wednesday, May 21 to the closing on Friday noon,' May 23 in order to receive proper cred~t for this year's Appeal. Leading area parishes are:
Fall River Area Holy Name, Fall River Our Lady of Angels, Fall River Cathedral, Fall River St. Thomas More, Somerset St. Patrick, Faill River
24,336.50 14,235.00 11,879.45 11,664.50 8,672.00
New Bedford Area
Mt. Carmel, New Bedford 13,873.11 St. Lawrence, New Bedford 11,890.80 Attleboro Area St. James, st. Mary, New Bedford 10,963.25 $11,014.25 St. Joseph, Fairhaven 9,432.85 North At,Ueboro 10,723.00 . Holy Name, St. John, Attleboro Mt. Carmel, Seekonk 10,299.00 New Bedford 8,995.00 St. Mary, Mansfield 9,840.•0 9,186.00 St. Mary, Seekonk Taunton Area St. Mary, Taunton Cape Islands Area Sacred Heart, Taunton 8,248.00 7,721.50 Holy Family, St. Francis Xavier, Hyannis . 14,554.00 5,662.00 East Taunton 4,482.00 St. Patrick, Fa:l.mouth 9,556.00 St. J,096ph, Taunton Ho'ly Cross, St. Pius X, 9,401.00 4,435.00 South Yarmouth South Easton Holy Trinity, * * * PARISH TOTALS 7,418.00 West Harwich PAGE TWO Assumption, Osterville 7,406.25
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Clergy Appointments Most Rev. Daniel A. Cro:1in, S.T.D., Bishop of Fall River, has announced the acceptance of the resignation of Rev. Msgr. Christopher L. Broderick from the pastorate of St. Pius X Church in South Yarmouth. The Bishop also has announced an appointment to the Diocesan Tribunal and six clergy appointments. Rev. Daniel F. Hoye, who has just received his Licentiate in Canon Law from the School of Canon Law of the Catholic University of America, has been appointed Vice Officia-lis of the Diooes'an Tribunal. Rev. Msgr. Henry T. Munroe, pastor of St. John the Evangelist Church in Attleboro, succeeds Msgr. Broderick as pastor of St. Pius X Church in South Yarmouth. He is also Episcopal Vicar for the Vicariate of Cape Cod and the Islands. Rev. John J. Murphy, pastor of St. Joseph's Church in Taunton, becomes pastor of Holy Name Church, New Bedford, succeeding the late Rev. Leo T. Sullivan who. died in January.
Adult Confirmation Most Rev. Daniel A. Cronin, S.T.D., Bishop of the Diocese of Fall River, wiU celebrate a Pentecost Mass and administer the Sacrament of Confirma-tio{l to adults in St. Mary's Cathedral on Sunday afternoon, May 18 at 3 o'clock in the afternoon. Adult parishioneI's who for some .reason have had to delay their recew:ion of the Sacrament 'are urged to-contact their parJsh priests to make arrangements for the Pentecost cathedral ceremony. A hrief catechesis should be undertaken between .the adult candidate and the parish priest.
Rev. William E. Farland, pastor of St. Joseph's Church in Woods Hole, becomes pastor of St. Jose"h's Church in Taunton. Rev. Joseoh L. Powers, pastor of St. Mark's Church in Attleboro, becomes pastor of St. J 0seph's Church in Woods Hole. Rev. Roper L. Gagne, pastor of St. Mathieu Church in Fall River, becomes pastor of St. Mark's Church in Attleboro. Rev. Adrien E. Bernier, assistant pastor of St. Anne's Church in New Be-tford, be"omes administrator of S1. Mathieu Church in Fall River.. All aprointments are effective Wednesday, June 11, 1975. Msgr. Munroe Rev. Msgr. He'lry T. Munroe is the son of the late Henry T. and the late Kathryn C. (Burns) Munroe. Born in Fall River on Nov. 21, 1928, he attended St. Joseph Parish School, Msgr. Coyle Hiph School and Providence College. Following preparation at St. John's Seminary in Brighton, he was ordained to the priesthood by Most Rev. James L. Connolly, Fourth Bishop of Fall River, on Nov. 30, 1953. Officialis of the Diocesan Tribunal, Msgr. Munroe has served as assistant pastor at Holy Name Parish, New Bedford, for 19 years and as pastor of St. John the Evangelist Parish, Attleboro, since June 1972. Father Murphy The son of the late Michael and the late Mary (Sarsfield) Murphy, Rev. John J. Murphy was born in Fall River on Aug. 26, 1913. He prepared for the p~iesthood at St. Mary's Seminary, Baltimore, after years of study at St. Patrick Parish School and' BMC Durfee High School in Fall River, and St. Charles College in Catonsville, Md. Ordained a priest in June 1939, he has served in Holy Name and
St. Lawrence Parishes in New Bedford; St. Peter the Apostle Parish, Provincetown; Holy Name Parish, Fall River; and as pastor of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Parish, Seekonk, and St. Joseph Parish, Taunton. Father Farland Rev. William E. Farland was born in Fall River on Jan. 11, 1924, the son of Mabel (Phelan) Farland and the late Donat Farland. He attended St. Patrick Parish School, Fall 'River, and Msgr. Turn to Page Five
Fr. Hoye Expert In Canon Law Most Rev. Daniel A. Cronin, S.T.D., Bishop of Fall River, has appointed Rev. Daniel F. Hoye, J.C.L., as the Vice-Officialis of the Diocesan Tribunal. Recently returned from the School of Canon Law of the Catholic University of America, Washington, D.C., Father Hoye . was awarded a Licentiate Degree in Canon Law. Tum to Page Four
FATHER HOYE