Appeal Climbs to $612,075.28 Many parishioners of St. Jo:;eph's parish in Woods Hole gave to the Appeal in memory of their be).oved late pastor, Rev. Edwin Loew. Such a response of love and care for the memory of a priest rekindles real charity in the hearts of all the donors to the Appeal The Appeal is now at $612,075.28. Special gift solie· itors are requested, urgently to complete their remainig contacts this week. Parish solicitors are urged to make final returns to their parish, centers by Monday, May 20th. Final donations from the two phases of the Appeal can An Anchor 01 'he Soul, Sure and Film-St. Paul be registered until Friday noon, May 24. The books will be closed then for the 1974 final tabulaFall River, Mass., Thursday, May 16, tions of parish and special gift PRICE 15c solicitations. © 1974 The Anchor Diocesan lay chairwoman, Mrs. $5.00 per ygar Gilbert J. Noonan of Falmouth, stated: "We are pleased with this new total and we look forward to an increase within the next few days. Special gift contacts are still outstanding and many more parishes have more returns to report." Many parishes are close to The Most Reverend Daniel A. Bishop Cronin had, at the time surpassing their 1973 totals. The Cronin, Bishop of F'all River, an- of the disaster, alerted the Cath- present number of parishes ennounced today that a shipment olic Relief Services to the plight rolled in the 1974 Honor Roll for of twenty-five tons of clothing, of the AzOrean victims. The ship- , exceeding last year's final total antibiotics, vitamins and milk is ment of provisions will be placed is 15. They are: St. Joseph, Attlebeing sent to the residents of on a Portuguese Line vessel sail- boro; Our Lady of the Isle, NanPico island in the Azo:res by the ing from New York. Caritas-Por- tucket; St: Joseph,Woods Hole; Cathol:ic Relief Services of the tuguesa, an international agency Holy Cross, Our -Lady of the AnUnited States. for aid of distressed persons, is gels, St. Patrick, SS. Peter & Pico was devastated by a se· cooperating with the A1nerican Paul, St. Stanislaus, Fall River; vere earthquake some five Catholic Relief Services in the months ago, during which 80 per project. cent of the buildings on the is,Bishop Cronin's office has land were dem<>lished and thou- completed arrangements with sands of residents left homeless. Most Reverend Manuel Alfonso The relief supplies will be pro- de Carvalho, Bishop of Angra in vided through the national office the Azores, for distribution of of the United States Catholic the material. The Very Reverend Conference. Most Reverend Ed- Jose Freitas Fortuna, Dean of ward E. Swanstrom ili Executive Horta in the A~re3, wiU oversee WASHINGTON-Gn the recDirector of the bureau. Turn to Page Two ommendation of the U. S. Bishops' Committee on the Liturgy, John Cardinal Krol of Philadelphia, President of the National Conference of Catholic Bishops, has announced December 1, 1974, as the off,icial effective date for the use of the new "Rite of Rev. Raymond W. Marquis, Marquis of Thurber Avenue, See- Anointing and Pastoral Care of O.M.I., became the first member konk, Father Marquis hopes to the Sick." Beginning with that date, the of St. Stephen's parish, Attle- wOl"k as a missionary in Haiti. first Sunday of Advent, only the boro, to enter the priesthood He studied at the Oblate Juni- revised rite is to be used in the when he was ordained as an Ob- ior Seminary, Bucksp<>rt, Me. late of Mary Immaculate at cer- and received a philosophy de- celebration of the Sacrament of emonies held in Lowell and con- gree from the Oblate College of Anointing. The revised ritual ducted by Bbhop Louis Gelineau Bar Harbor. Me. and Natick, also includes the rite fol', the v,isitation and communion 0/ the of Providence. Mass. in 1967. He entered the' sick to be used by the ordinary The son of Mr. and Mrs. Julien Oblate novitiate in 1964, making ministers of the Eucharist (bish'his first profession in 1965 and op, priest, deacon), as well as taking final vows in 1970. instituted acolytes and the spePrior to ordination, the new cial ministers of the Eucharist. priest was assistant for two Three liturgical publishers years at Notre Dame de Lourdes (Catholic Book Publishing Comparish in Lowell and he was also pany, Liturgical Press, Pueblo a rehabilitation counselor for the Publishing Company) have made blind in New Hampshire. available the full Rite of AnointHis first Mass was celebrated ing and Pastoral Care of the at St. Stephen's Church with con- Sick for use in the United States. celebrants including Rev. Donald The booklets, prepared in a pracBelanger, pastor, Rev. Roger tical format, include all of the Roy, provincial superior of the alternate options offered in the Oblate Fathers, Rev. George Latin Editio Typica. Rouillier, Rev. Paul 'Levesque, Made available on March, 7, Rev. George Sirois, Rev. Maurice 1974, the approved English Loiselle, Rev. Clarence Menard, translation of the revised rites and Rev. Paul Marquis, all Ob- has already been widely used lates. throughout the country. Diocesan A reception and dinner at Bish- liturgical offices have sponsored op Feehan High School foHowed study programs in preparation for the use of the new rites. REV. RAYMOND W. MARQUIS the Mass.
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Vol. 18, N.o. 20
Catholic Relief Help For Pico Residents
Anointing Rite Date Dec. 1
St. Stephen's, Attleboro, Has First Priest Vocation
St. Bernard, Assonet; Our Lady of Grace, North Westport; St. Thomas More, Somerset; St. Louis de France, Swansea; Our Lady of Fatima, New Bedford; St. Rita, Marion; Immaculate Conception, Taunton. A final report of the 1974 Appeal will be issued five days after the closing of the books. Parish chairmen, priest directors and special gift solicitors of the Ap· peal should make their reports in person at Headquarters beginning Wednesday, May 22, to the closing on Friday, May 24 in order to receive proper credit for this year's Appeal.
LEADING AREA PARISHES Attleboro Area St. John, Attleboro $12,390.99 Mt. Carmel, Seekonk 9,638.00 St. Mary, Seekonk 8,5i3.95 Holy Ghost, Attleboro 8,065.00 St. Theresa, So. _ 7,301.00 Attleboro
Cape Cod & Islands
St. Francis Xavier, Hyannis Corpus Christi,
$12,084.00
SaI'ldwich 10,870.00 St. Pius X, South Yarmouth 9,324.00 Assumption, Osterville 8,796.75 51. Margaret, Buzzards Bay 7,828.00
Fall River Area
Holy Name, Fall River $21,806.00 Our Lady of the Angels, Fall River 13,748.00 St. Thomas More, Somerset 10,857.50 Cathedral, Fall River 10,473.50 Sacred Heart, Fall River 7,706.00
New Bedford Area
Mt. Carmel, New Bedford St. Lawrence, New BedfordSt. James, New Bedford St. Joseph, Fairhaven Holy Name, New Bedford
$20,882.89 13,283.99 12,404'.00 ' 10,317.25 9,590.00
'Taunton Area Sacred Heart, Taunton $7,182.50 Holy Family, Taunton 6,471.00 St. Mary, Taunton 6,103.50 Immaculate Conception', No. Easton 5,840.00 St. Paul, Taunton 5,773.00
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Fe-lician Sisters Mark 100 Years Most Rev. Daniel A. Cronin, S.T.D., Bishop of Fall River, will offer a solemn pontifical Mass on Sunday, May 19, at St. Stanislaus Church, Fall River, to mark a century of service in the United States by the Felician Sisters. The 11 o'clock Sunday Mass will have the Fall River Diocese join in the nationwide celebrations for the religious community. In attendance will be Rev. Mother Landeline, provincial superior of the New England Provo ince; Sister Mary Presentia and Sister Mary Aida, members of the New England Council. Sixty Felician Sisters, representing parishes from throughout New England, will also be guests
of St. Stanislaus Parish. Many of these visiting sisters are former parishioners or teachers of St. St.anislaus Parish. The Felician Sisters came to America in 1874 when five of their group came to Polonia, Wise. to minister to the Polish immigrants there and to teach in the local parochial school. The early foundatoin became a province three years later and extended its apostolate to other states. In the decades that followed, six other provinces were erected: Buffalo, N. Y., Coraopolis, Pa., Chicago, Ill., Lodi, N. J., Enfield, Conn. and Ponca City, Okla. At present the American provTum to Page Four
Bishop Cronin Announces Assignments of Clergy Most Rev. Daniel A. Cronin, S.T.D., Bishop of the Diocese of Fall River has announced the resignation of a pastor due to HI health, the appointment of an administrator and the re-assign· ment of one assistant. Resigning from the pastoral ministry because of ill health is Rev. Stephen J. Downey, pastor of Holy Ghost Parish, Attleboro. He will reside at the Catholic Memorial Home, Fall River. Rev. Bento R. Fraga, assistant at Holy Ghost Parish, Attleboro becomes the new administrator of the Attleboro parish in which he has served as assistant for the past two years. Rev. Edward J. McIsaac, assistant at Corpus Christi Parish, Sandwich will rep<>rt on Wednesday, May 22 to his new assign-
ment as assistant at St. Patrick's Parish, Wareham. Tum to Page Three
FATHER FRAGA