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ANCHOR An Anchor of the Soul, Sure and Firm-St. Paul
Fall River, Mass., ThLusday, May 20, 1971 .Vol. 15; No. 20
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DRIVE NEARS $800,000 The 1971 Catholic Charities Appeal today climbed to $780,828.84 with still many incomplete parish returns and special gift donations to be reported. The official closing is 12 noon tomorrow. This should see more parishes exceeding their 1970 final totals. Appeal Headquarters in Fall River has issued the final' notice. Dr. David Costa, Jr. of New Bedford, this year's Lay Chairman said: "All special gifts; priests' donations and parishioners' contributions must be at the offiCe by 12 noon tomorrow to be included in the official 1971 tabulation. We advise that all re-
turns tomorrow be made in person to insure proper accreditations. The final Appeal total will be published in next week's edition of the Anchor. We hope all of the 114 'parishes will be over the top by tomorrow." 63 parishes have surpassed their 1970 final totals and are members of the Honor Roll. The new members are: Holy Ghost, St. Mark, St. Mary, Attleboro; St. Mary, Mansfield; Our Lady of the Cape, Brewster; St. Margaret, Buz-' zards Bay; Our Lady of Victory, Centerville; St. Patrick, Falmouth; St. Joan of Tum to Page Three j
Concern for Downtrodden Work of Christian Citing what he called the defi- an apostolic letter dated May 14 the Pontifical Commission for ciencies of many. ideologies, in-. and addressed. to Cardinal Mau- Justice and Peace and the Vatieluding Marxism, the Pope said .~rice Roy of Quebec, president of can Council of the' Laity. that neither the state nor politi-. "";,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,;,;,,,,,,,,,,,,,,"',,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,""."""",,,,, The Vatican had planned to cal parties can force a 'system release the text on May 14, to of life on man: . coincide with the' 80th' anniver. Bu~, he said, "political and re-. : sary of Pope Leo XiII's encyc. Iigious groups based on freedom . '.' Iicai Rerum Novarul11, calIed the . of adherence .... can develop on first of the great social encyclithe social level the highest con~ '. . cals. victions of the nature,origin and. -Thirty"five senior student Pope Paul said the Christian . final destiny of· ma.n and of nurses' at St. Anne's Hospital, must assume a political and sosociety," . FalI River will graduate at cereThe Pope's message· was in monies to be held at 7:30 this 'evening in ·St. Anne's Church. l Most Rev. James 1. ConnolIy, formerly Bishop' of Fall River l will preside. Among the graduates will .oe . Sr. Margaret Mary Schock; O. LANSING (NC) ~ Vatican Fo'nowing upon numerous Sister with a Bachelor's De- Carro. of Our Lady's Haven, Council II did not downgrade the Fairhaven. consUltations, the Most Reverend gree, $2,650.' Blessed Virgin, a Carmelite proTurn to Page Two Bishop has decided to raise the Turn to Page Two fessor of theology and Mariolosala-ry of teaching sisters throughout the diocese but keep the tuition at its present level. A uniform salary scale has been decided on which will affect alI religious women, whether they be engaged in teaching In schools or in programs of reli-' gious education in .parishes. The basic principle upon which the new salary scale rests is the amount required to support and maintain a teacher or religious educator. This is calculated ()n the basis of the usual 40 week academic year, beginning in September and terminating in June. Beginning Sept. 1, 1971, the folIowing salary scale' is to be adopted in the Diocese of Fall River for religious 'women 'whether they be engaged full time in teaching in schools or in the relgIous education apostolate in parishes: Sister with less than a Bachelor's Degree, $2,450.
VATICAN CITY (NC) -Pope Paul VI urged today's Christians to "invent new forms of modern democracy" to provide the rights of man. In an apostolic letter described by many as a new social encyclical, the 'Pope said that such new kinds of democracies should give "every man not only the opportunity to inform and express himself, but to involve himself in the commonresponsibility."
Nursing School 'G d t . ra ua Ion
Raises Sisters Saiaries Subsidy; ~ot Tuition
Shows Council1s Attitude To MarYI Mother of God
Invitation . Bishop Cronin cordially invites all the clergy, religious' and laity in the Diocese to participate .in the ordination of Rev. Mr. Richard W. Beaulieu in St. Mary's Cathedral, Fall River on Saturday afternoon, May 22 at 2 o'clock. Priests wishing to concelebrcite with Bishop Cronin are asked to . bring am ice, alb, cincture and stole.
cial obligation in the society in which he lives to combat the evils he finds. The Pope said Christians must be concerned with: Problems of urbanization and crowded suburbs; Social, religious and political discrimination; . Crime waves, eroticism and the use of drugs; Turn to Page Nine
BISHOP ADDRESSES CONFIRMATION CLASS IN OUR LADY OF ASSUMPTION CHURCH, NEW BEDFORD.
gist declared here in Michigan, emphasizing "what Mary. was, she still is." Father Eamon R. Carroll of the Catholic University of America, Washington D.C., spoke in the St. Mary's Cathedral here, urging Catholics to spread the words of the council Fathers, and to pray and encourage others to keep their devotion to the Mother of God. . He said an early council treatment of the role of the Blessed Virgin in the Church appeared in the Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy in December, 1963. A year later, confusion arose at the' council when the bishops could not decide' what to do with separate documents on the Virgin, he said. They decided on a more expanded treatment than the one which appeared in the liturgy constitution. The expanded treatment was then, made part of the Constitution on the Turn to Page Eight
Statistics Reveal Diocesan Growth In Population Though the Catholic population in the Diocese of Fall River has increased some 8,133 to a high of 305,551, the number of. priests, religious and seminarians, serving the greater number, has dropped some. The last year has shown a drop of 23 priests (13 diocesan, 10 religious),· 96 sisters, 2 brothers, 12 seminarians. There are five more scholastics teaching in the Diocese and 10 more Turn to Page Five