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Appeal Total Reaches $425,655 Figure Is Two-Thirds of '62. Record
The ANCHOR Fall River, Mass., Thursday, May 16, 1963
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. The' 1963, Catholic Charities Appeal total edged up today to $425,655-a figure which is a little more than two-thirds of the $630,103 contributed last year when a new record high mark was established. "Success seems assured this year," Lay Chairman James F. Mooney Jr. stated today, declaring "returns are continuously arriving from both parish and special gift sources." Twenty at the area meetings has past, is again leading all par per cent of the 110 parishes made proved to be the focal point for ishes in total contributions with from Mansfield to Province the degree of success attained.' a figure of $18,640. town have already surpassed Parish after parish has reported St. Lawrence's parish in New
previous record totals, Mr. Mooney reported. "And it is this sustained strength of contri'bu .tions that give positive indio cation of a very successful 1963 Appeal," the Lay Chairman declared. "The strength of the Appeal has been equally divided. Good increases have been received in Special Gifts anti a large group of Parishes is definitely headed for the Honor Group. The re sults of the intensive emphasis on ten dollar contributions
large increases i'i this category. 'Mixed with a much deserved commendation for the work of al' solicitors is a request that all late returns be made at once. This will enable us to establish the final total in a very quick manner. Headquarters will be open to receive and to tabulate all re turns for several more days."
Holy Name parish in Fall River, which has annexed first place honors many times in the
Bedford is in second position in the latest standing of parishes announced at Catholic Charities Appeal headquarters today with St. Francis Xavier of Hyannis in third place. St, James of New Bedford and Sacred Heart of Fall River round out the top five in to day's tentative standing of parishes. The 20 parishes which have already achieved new records in contributions are listed OD Page Two of this issue.
Msgr. Hamel 'Heads Fall River Pa'rish Bishop
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The Most Reverend Bishop today announced the av· pointment of a pastor, the transfer of an assistant, and the first assignments for two newly-ordained priests.
Rt. Rev. Henri A. Hamel, a coionel in the Air Force now serving a;l InspeCtor Chaplain (.}eneral of the Air Force Com ~~nd and Staff Chaplain MATS at Scott Air Force Base, 111., has been: appointed pastor of St. Jean Baptiste C h u r c h, Fall River, succeeding, the late Rt. Rev. M.P,L. Lariviere who died on :(\'Ia;y. 2. Msgr. Hamel's ap pointment is effective on June · '1 w'hen he returns frl;>Ill the Air MONSIGNOR HAMEL F~J,'ce. , ... " ':. , . :.-._.-.-.' . "Rev, Daniel Mop~rty;' ~s.:. si~tant at St.. Mary's Ca'~h~.ral .....'. in F'all' River i.s transferred' 'to ~ .-, st. Mary's Church; No. Attle .{';~ ~ -~. boro as an assistant. , The' Bishop has also assigned the two priests whom he or dained on May 11, with Rev. The Provincial of the Sis ters of the Holy Union of Edmund A. Connors assigned to ¥ary's Church, New Bedford, the Sacred Hearts, Mother St. and Rev. Robert J. Laughlin as-. Mary William, S.U.S.C. has signed to Our Lady of Angels .nnounl;:ed that Sister Therese Church, Fall River. These ap Aflna, S,U.S.C., formeriy princi pointments of the three as pal of St. Mary's High School, sistants are effective Wednesday, '. Taunton, has received a full six May 22. ':~. 'Wee k scholarship, including Father Connors replaces Rev. room, board and tuition,to Ox .': " ford University, England for the . James A. Clark whom ,the Bish op has released from diocesan· ~:,,,,,. Guming Summer session. work to serve as Assistant t)j .'...... is candidate for a doc ; :. tprate 111 hIstory at Boston Col-' rector of the Latin America ,. lege where she has been ona . . . .iI, teaching fellowship for the past ''''.~ • two years. ~: She also was a recipient of a ~, • E:oe Foundation Fellowship in ~-t'. American Studies in the Sum li.'!.• ,~ mer of 1961. ~~~ '.' ·Sister will sail' for England Friday, June 21, and after the ".'<\~.' Summer session will continue St. James parish in New ~ •• >'ber research at Cambridge Uni .~. '.'.. _~:.' . 'versity and in London. She will Bedford will mark the dia '.: ~ fly back Sept. 15 in time to re mond jubilee of the founding o'; ..•..~ume her teaching at Boston of the parish on May 26 .' eollege. with a Solemn High Mass and. a banquet. Most Rev. James L. Connolly, Bishop of Fall River, will pre side at the 4 o'clock afternoon Mass which will be celebrated by Rt. Rev. Hugh A. Gallagher, pastor. Most Rev.' James·J. Ger rard, Auxiliary Bishop, will preach the sermon. Bishop Ger rard is a native of St. James parish: Rev. Edward C. Duffy will be deacon at the Mass and Rev. · Thomas E. O'Dea will be sub 'deacon. Rev. Albert F. Shovel ton will direct the choir. Rev. William A. Donaghy, S.J., former Holy Cross College Pres ident now assigned, at Boston College, will be the principal speaker at the jubilee banquet which will be held at 6 in the Kennedy Center, New Bedford.
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'Retiring Air Force Colonel Bureau of the N.C.W.C., Monsignor Hamel,' son of Mrs. Washington. Anna M. Bouchard Hamel, 1059 The new pastor of St.•Jean's, . No. Main Street, F'all River, and the late A.delard Hamel, was born in Fall River and educated at St. Mathieu . School, Fall River, and the Seminary of Joliette, Canada. He studied phi losophy and theology at St. Ber nald's Seminary, Rochester, N'.Y.' .
Charges Catholic Aim Is To Ruin Public Schools
CINCINNATI (NC) - A Protestant minister accused the Cathoiic Church here of trying to thwart the Consti-·
Following his ordin'ation by the late Bishop Cassidy on June 15, 1935, Msgr. Hamel spent the Summer at Cathedral Camp, tution and wreck the public East Freetown, and in October schools. went to St. Anthony of Padua ,Dr. G. Barrett Rich, pastor of Church,. New Bedford, as an as New York's FourthPresby·terian ' sistant where he remained until church gave a talk. here spon he' entered the Chaplain Corps sored by the local chapter. of of the U.S. Army tn February, Protestants and Other Americans 1942. He served ,with the Army FATHER MORIARTY, ' United." ' .. iii the European theater during The forqter Cincinnati pastor, World' War II arid then served tie Prelate' with the title of
who was one of the founders of in- Alaska' and the Aleutian Right Reverend MonsignOf' ia,
October of 1960, with the in the-Cincinnati POAUchapter, Islands. Msgr. Hamel then trans Turn to Page Three told several hundred listeners ferredto the Air Force. He that: served as Deputy Staff Chaplain "The Catholics are demanding of the Air Force in Europe and' has also held the posts of Deputy Turn to Page Three Staff Chaplain for the Training
Command at Scott Air' Force Base, Deputy Air Force Chaplain for the Far East, and Staff A Pontifical Requiem Mass Chaplain of the Atlantic Divi-' for the repose of the soul of Commencement exercises sion of MATS. the late Most Rev. James E. at Stonehill College will be Cassidy, D.D.. Third JJishop At the request of Francis Car
of Fall River, will be sung dinal Spellman, Military Vicar held on Sunday, June, 2.
Right Rev. John Tracy Ellis, by the Most Reverend' Bishop for the Armed Forces of the Professor of Church History at tomorrow morning- at 10 in St: United States, and with th~ ap Mary's Cathedral, Fall River, proval of the Most Reverend the Cat hoi i c University of on the twelfth anniversary: 01 Bishop, Pope John elevated the America in Washing,ton, D.C., Bishop Cassidy's death. . will address the 140 students chaplain to the rank of Domes who will receive their degrees. The baccalaureate services for the class will be. held on satur ckiy, June 1, with Right Rev. Humberto S. Medeiros, S.T.D., . Chancellor of the Diocese of Fall River, as the baccalaureate sp,eaker.. During the graduation exer cises, honorary degrees will be The Jesuit educator is a native early days of St.' James Church, conferred upon Monsignor Ellia of St. James parish. were the first baptism of John Turn to Page Three Events which highlighted the McCullough; the first marriage, that of James McNeeley and Ann Lotus; formation of Sunday School classes; organization of the Father Clark Sewing Circle and the first confirmation, ad ministered by Bish?p Harkness. On May 15, 1890 breaking of the ground for the new church took place and on Oct. 25, 1891 Bishop Harkness laid the corner stone of St. James Church in the presence of more than 10,000. Into the cornerstone box wer,e placed records showing that Leo XIII was Pope; Benjamin Har rison president of the United States; William E. Russell gov ernor of Massachusetts; Oharles S. Ashley mayor of New Bedford and Rev. James F. Clark pastor of the church. Father Noon was appointed assistant in 1900, a year pre ceding Father Clark's silver BISHOP GERRARD . MONSIGNOR MEDEIROa Turn to Page Seven
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New Bedford, Parish to Observe . Diamond Jubilee on May 26
Stonehill To Give Six Honorary Degrees
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