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, iii an unprecedented surge of post Appeal returns, the Catholic Charities· Appeal reached a total of $463,327.00 this morning. ·Headqu'arters stressed, that this historic l1igh is an incomple'te total. Inclusion' of Headquarters Special Gift totals and an incom- ' , plete tabulation of pledges helped to establish, the' current figure•. Appeal Head<iuarters has been deluged for the past' ' ' , few days by stistairted increases in parish returns and . Special GiftS. The staff at Headquarters announced that releases arid reports are behind previous schedules because of much larger publicity lists distributed to newspapers throughout the Diocese. The great increase that is presently growing' has resulted from intensive, dedicated parish' and Special Gift committeemen's An Anchor of the Soul, Sure and Firm-ST. 'PAUL wo~k. .Parishes are showing large increases. 'The popularity of ten dollar' don.ations has River, brought about more than a 10% 110.. 'Seeond CI.... M.i1 PriTileR" .' PRICE lOe increase. in this category of , o. , ..... 0. Auth~rlEed .t· Fal} Ri.e~, Ma.... $4.00 pe! Y_r giving alone. Many parishes have -:....-------'---c--'-:-..;.-----=-----------::~--doubled their previous highs' and ,
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Appeal books and tabulations will 'officially close on 'May 25th. ~ Solicitors should make all reo . . turns, parish and Special Gifts Catholics in the United States.f....including families of before that'date. the defense forces and diplomatic services at. home ai1d 'St. Lawrence Parish of New abroad-now number 39,505,475. , . Bedford, leads the parish list of . -'l'his figure is contained. in the 1959 Official Catholic" contributors. Following in order , Directory. 'The new' total: ~ . Brooklyn ' continues, as . ih~ : .are: ','. '. ,', ' . , represents an increase .over 'largest d~ocese; with 'a- Ciltholic. , ,~~: L~wrence, New Bedford. ,GOLD MEDAL WINNER: William 'Sylvia, son Mr. last year of 3,481,498, which . ~opulation of 1,473,t80: othe~s " " I' .$15:064.40 ~~d Mrs~ William Sylvia of 486 Hope Street, Fall RiVer, has i'flcludes two million .report- in ex~ess of QOO,Ooo· a.reP~~ts~ '~o y Name, Fall ~l'~"er. - .' . gained national prominence by winning the Boys; Division' of "t!d for, 'the 'first time by the' ,bu~gh ,8,~~,446" Buffalo· 847,5,5~" " ~" ,. ' , , , . ' ._~~;2~1.00~lle Good Writers CIubcontest; His t~.ache:r, Sister Mary' . 'Military Ordinar~ateas'the ~~~ ~,~ a n ~i9t72p~~~~:~I~: ' St. James~ New ~edf?td~2 229 75 ~ichella, R.S.M., of the Cathedral parish school, congratu•. , number of Catholics under the, , - ' ,'" '. -.' " " , . ' .' ' '. 'lates the champion jurisdiction' of Francis Cardinal' 507,238 and Corpus Chrl!ltI - St. lVfllry, Tllunton , 10,379.15.' , • Spellman, Military Vicar: 504,21.9. , , S a c r e d Heart, Fall River e . ,There are now 37,2.85,975 WhIle four dIOceses reported 11,602.75 . . Caih~lics in the ~8 cont!nel)tal no, cha.nges in the~r' Cathqlic St.· John, Attleboro 9,894.50 " " . " slates and 219 500 10 Ala~ka and populatIOns and nme reflect St 'F . X' ". , . " , . "h ., t t'1a,a I d' . cancls aVler , Hyanms Hawaii. The ,new .total represhg t decreases, su b san sents a 10-year increas~. ,ofvances have been .reported b y , 9,760.25 , ' n,787,132, or 47.8 per cent 'Over . 127. Sees.,. The lar~e~t increas~s St. Mary, North Attleboro " . ' . . ~ the '26,718,343 in 1949. . . have been noted, m DetrOIt, . ,9,108,00 By Avis C. Roberts .-..... There a~e now 26 archd~.oceses ' 88,761 and ,Buffalo, 88,760. ' Holy Name, Ne\V Bedford , . : M r s . John J. MUlla~ey St. John the Evangeli~ip~rish ill the United States, with, a The 1959 ~irectory lists 224, 8;465.90 in Attleboro is the new president of the DiOcesan Council Oatholic ,population of 17,341,117. members of the hierarchY1 in-, Irrimaculate ConceptIon, , o,f Catholic Women which has, been urged ,during the c.oml'ng The number of dioceses, includ- eluding four' cardinals ,33 archNorth Easton , . 8;166.50 ing VicariateApo~tolic of Alas- . bishops-two more' than ,last "~~~Mary, Fali River', 7,418.00 y~ar' to consider the advisability, of dropping,' children'I'" ka 'recorded in the 1959 d'irec-' year-:;-and 187 bishops;, thr~eless ,St. Mary, Mansfield'" 7,228.00 ma'sses throughout the Diocese. . to~y is 114, with 'Catholic popu- than a yeac ago. Mt. Carmel; New Bedford' "'Rev; , John ,p,'. 'Driscoll, to discuss the wisdom, of droplation of 20,164,358. These' figEducationaI Figures ' ' '6,396,45 assistant at' SS" Peter & ping children's masses~ , ures do not include thea twbo, An inc~ease of· 1,876 in the , ' ,6,893.01 Paul's parish in Fall River . F~ther Driscoll m~de the sug., million Catholics reporte y number of the clergy brings 'the "St. Joseph, New Bedford ." . '.' . , ' geshon at a panel worksho~ 50 the Military Ordinariate. ' total of ordained priests' to ., St Thomas More, Somerset called' ,upon the dele"Liturgy and the Family" at the' The nation's 26 archdioceses . 52,869, the largest ever recoraed. . ' 5;793.75' jta~e!l tot' the 'tdiOtchesanKcouncdil sixth annual women's conclav~ f 548027 'd . ' ' co~ven IOn a e eJ?ne Y last Saturday. Father Driscoll'. reported a grow th 0 , an Turn to Page Twenty-four . Turn t,o Page Two ' M" 1Ct' N B df d the 114 dioceses, 933,471. The emOrIa en er m ew e or suggestion to the women to disseven archdioceses with Catholic cuss the subject came after Mr•.. populations in excess of one 0 John Sullivan of Fall River, a million are Chicago, with 2,027,'panel participant urged families 043; Boston 1,582,677,' New York . to attend Mass and receive HolT 1,558,328, Philadelphia 1,463,031, ~ Communion as a unit each SunNewark 1,345,944, Detroit 1,288;. , ' . day.' Mrs.. Sullivan 'suggested Silver medals ~ns<;ribedwith a' pietur~ ot the Holy Family will be awarded to four that "children's, masses take , 161 and Los A,ngelesl,243,511.c" , '. • C,uh Scouts 'of Pack 24; St. Joseph Qhurcl), New Eedford, prior"to May devotionsat"7 p.m. away from,.famlliness." The Fall Sund~y at, the' church: Tl:temedals~ to 'be'presented- to the boys by the Rt. Rev~ Msgr. River~oman also" empha!lized to.uil'! PrevQst,', pastor, are th¢' Parvuli Dei (little' ones of God) award: The award .is ,the' Turn 10' Page 'Four
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'Gaudreau, son of Mr; and Mrs. Norman Gaudreau of, 41 Covell Street; Robert Pion, son Holy Cross and Redemp. of Mr. and Mrs. Roland Pion of lococcus aureus, was the 60 Arlington Street;· Andre torist priests were chief subject of the first prize winFprtin, " son of' Mr., and Mrs. speakers at the fourth an. ning e;x:hibit in the. Diocesan Maurice Fortin of 727 Belleville nual conference of the Fall Science Fair held ,at Dominican Avenue'; and Paul, Fortin, son of River Diocese Catholic .TeacherS Academy concurrently wi~h the Mr. and Mrs. Roland Fortin of Association, 'held at St. Anne'. annual conference of Diocesan 165 . Hatch Street, all of New School, Fall River. teachers. Bedford. Opening the two-day session Winner was 17 year old Stella The Rev. Roland Bousquet is was Very Rev. Richard H. SulliGamache, a senior at Dominican chaplain of the Cubs and Dien_ van, C,S.C., president of Stonehill Academy. Her award was $100, dorine Brouillette is cubmaster. College. His address stressed presented by Rev. Edward J. The Parvim Dei 'award is a the primacy of the spiritual in Gorman, DJocesan superintendrecognition that, the church education, and the need for edent Qf schools. gives to Cubs for advancement ucators to keep' in mind that Robert Verrier,' Coyle High i':l religious knowledge and spir- ' their pup~ls are beings with an School, Taunton, won $50 as secitual formation. The purpose of immqrtal destiny; , , ond place' entrant. His exhibit' the award' is' to; help the ,Cub A& Catholic teach~rs, he said, showed relative concentrations' become more' aware of' God's "we must .love our students as ~ vitamin C in fruit juices. presence in his daily life. . Christ loved us." , Third prize winner of $25 was There are 12 requirements to 'Second Da;, Speaker Carol Adam, junior at Mt. St. be met before the award cim be Highlighting 'the second day ~ary Academy, "Fall'River; She' !ll made> They include knowledge of the cori\;Emfion wasan addtess ' .owed results' of. 'a, p~oject in:' , ' _ . , cifprayers, the' Cross,' spiritual' 'by Rev. Joseph Manton, C.sS.R.. " '. ' ' ,-',;' '" :.' ,"" ,,-, ',' :, ' , ' , '.., -' health and service,.. religious of the MisSion ChUrch',' Roxbury. I ' , , .-pectrum analysis: of ~etals. t e " St. An~h"ony'i \ Higb'SCh~l, , :, .P~OPARVULI~ED~LI~TS:'seatep"RobeFt ,Gau9reau ; ,handicra'ft, ~r(sh history',' church . 'lie also emphasized th~ import.- . " f;; \. ~"!' Bedford, led~ilt, num~~ ,Of ",:s,tan~mg - (left:,to,"rlght) ;~A.ndrew' Fortm, ,PautFortm :and aupport, 'spirihial 'safety, 'patroil 'mee;'of reiigiotis' educafion,"saT.·:"'''' ' ..
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