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Fall River Mass., 'Thursday, May 23, 1974 PRICE 15c Vol. 18, No. 21 ~ 1974 The Anchor $5.00 per year
Father Buckley Observes Golden Jubilee June 9 St. Mary's Church, Taunton" will be the scene of a special Mass of Thanksgiving on Sunday, June 9, when Rev. Walter J. Buckley, former pastor of Our Lady of the Assumption, O:;terville, and St. Kilian, New Bedford, celebrates his Golden Jubilee of 路ordination to the priesthood. The 2 o'clock afternoon Mass will permit two long-time friends to concelebrate with the Jubilarian: Re\'. Msgr. John A. Chippendale, former pastor of St. Patrick Parish, Wareham, and Rev. Msgr. James E. Gleason, pastor of St. Patrick Pa'rish, Falmouth. The homilist will be Rev. John F. Driscoll, pastor of St. Lawrence Parish, New Bedford, and Assistant Manager of the Anchor. Son of the late John J. and the late Nora (Brosnan) Buckley, Father Buckley was born in Taunton on Nov. 27, 1897. After attending St. Mary's Parochial School and High School in Taunton, he studied at Holy Cross College in Worcester. The jubilarian prepared for the priesthood at S1. Mary's Seminary in Baltimore and Catholic University in Washington, D.C. He was ordained a priest at St. Mary's Cathedral in Fall River by Most Rev. Daniel F. Feehan, Second Bishop of Fall River, on June 7, 1924. His intellectual pursuits were rewarded with an M.A. from St.
FATHER BUCKLEY
Mary's Seminary and an S.T.B. from Catholic University. He served as assistant pastor at Holy Family and St. Paul Parishes in Taunton, 51. Francis Xavier Parish in Hyannis, and St. James Parish in New Bedford. On July I, 1943 he was named administrator of Our Lady of the Assumption Parish in Osterville. April, 1960, found him as pastor of St. Kilian Parish, New Bedford. Following the directive of Vatican II, Father Buckley retired from pastoral ministry on Feb. I, 1973. , The congenial priest has profited from his retirement to do some traveling that years of ministry did not permit him. Among his noteworthy visits was that to the International Eucharistic Congress held last year in Australia.
Appeal Now $825,442.54, Final Reports Tomorrow The 1974 Catholic Charities Appeal has gone to $825,442.54 today. There are still many incomplete parish returns and special gift donations to be reported.. The official closing of the Appeal is noon tomorrow. Mrs. Gilbert J. Noonan of Falmouth, this year's diocesan lay chairwoman, said: "AIl spe('ial gifts, priests' donations and parish contributions' must be at the central office headquarters in Fall Rive'r by 12 noon tomorrow in order to get proper accreditation for this year's Appeal. The fina,1 Appeal tot~1 will be published in next week's edition of The Anchor. I hope that all the parishes will be 'over the top' tomorrow." Fifty-six paris,l1es have surpassed their 1973 final totals in this year's Appeal. Corpus Christi parish in Sandwich topped its 1973 final total in the first week of the campaign. Their name, however, was omitted from our Honor Roll of last week. The new members added to the Honor Roll since the last reporting are: St. Mary, Seekonk; 51. Stephen, Attleboro; St. Theresa, So. AWeboro; Mt. Carmel, Seekonk; Our Lady of the Cape, Brewster; St. Margaret, Buzzards Bay; 51. Anthony, East F,almouth; St. Patrick, Falmouth; St. Joan of Arc, Orleans; Our Lady of Lourdes, WeIlfIeet; Holy Trinity, West Harwioh; Cathedral, Blessed Sacrament, Espirito Santo, Holy Rosary, Immaculate Conception, 51. Elizabeth, St. John the Baptist, St. Louis, St. Matthew, St. WiiJl,iam, Santo Chriso, FaIl R'iver. 51. Patrick, Somerset; Mt. Car-
mel, Our Lady of Perpetual Help, Boniface, 51. Casimir, 51. Hedwig, St. James, St. Theresa, New Bed.ford; St. Mary, Sacred Hearts, Fairhaven; 51. Mary, So. Dartmouth; Holy Rosary, Sacred Heart, St. Joseph, St. Paul, Taunton; St. Peter, Dighton; St. Ann, Raynham; Holy Cross, South Easton.
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LEADING AREA PARISHES Attleboro Area St. John, Attleboro Sf.. Mary, Mansfield
$14,274.99 10,978.50'
10,600.00 9,993.00 U,549.0lJ
Cape & Islands Area St. Francis Xavier, Hyannis $15,433.00 St. Pius X, 15,416.00 South Yarmouth St. Patrick, Falmouth 13,346.00 Corpus Ohristi, Sandwich 11,435.00 Holy Trinity, West Harwich 9,488.00 Turn to Page Two
Holy Union Sister. Marilyn President for Province
SR. MARILYN SPELLMAN
New Bedford Maryknoller Enjoys Reunion
With Members' of African Community Sister Marian Teresa Dury. native of New Bedford, received her early education at Holy Name School and Holy Family High School. A graduate of Seton Hill College, Greensburg, Pa., she earned a master's degree in nursing from Yale University School of Nursing. A,fter serving 13 months in the Army Nurse Corps, she obtained a master's degree in nursing education from the Catholic University, Washington, D.C.. Sister Marian Teresa, daughter of the late Thomas A. Dury and Anne Flynn Dury, entered' Maryknoll from Holy Name Parish, New Bedford, in 1953. Her brother, Rev. James A. Dury, is a diocesan priest in North Attleboro, Mass. Another brother, J. Joseph Dury, and a sister, Mrs. Helen Mello, both live in New Bedford. In 1956 Sister Marian Teresa was assigned to Africa where she helped establish Marian College, the first Catholic secondary girls' school in Tanzania. In 1968 s1}e took a year's course in midwifery at City of London Maternity Hospital and upon her return to Tanzania in 1969 did Turn to Page Four
M1. Carmcl, Seekonk St. Mark, Attleboro FallS St. Mary, North Attleboro
Sister Marilyn Spellman, a native of Astoria, N. Y., will assume the duties of President of the Immaculate Heart Province of the Holy Union Sisters. Sister's appointment was made by the General Administration of the Holy Un,ion Sisters in Rome after province-wide consultation. Educated at the Holy Union Preparatory School in Tiverton, she received a B.S. in Ed. degree from Fordham University and a M.A. degree from Bridgewater State College. Sister Marilyn has pursued graduate studies at Hunter College and has been award路 ed a certificate in Psychometrics by Boston College. Her teaching career includes assignments at St. Francis de Sales School, New York City and principalships at St. Michael's School, Fa),) River and 51. Francis de Sales; Patchogue, N. Y. In addition to school assignments, the newly named pres.ident of the Immaculate Heart Province has served as a member of the Advisory Council to the Fall River Diocesan Board of Education, consultant to the National Association of Church Personnel Administrators and the Coordinating CommiUee for . for the Holy Union Apostolic Self-Study. Currently, Sister Marilyn is a member of the Task Force for the Leadership Conference of Women Religious on Corporate Social Responsibilities. She holds membership in the Turn to Page Four
Bishop Confirms Assignment of Franciscan
ENJOYS REUNION: Sister Marian Teresa Dury, M.M., New Bedford native (seated, center) enjoys reunion with African Immaculate Heart Sisters Josephine (left) and Monica, whose community she helped organize during missionary service in Tanzania. Standing are Sisters Gertrude Maley, Mary Reese and Mary McGovern, all Maryknollers who have served in the African country.
Bishop Cronin has approved the nomination, made by Very Rev. Edmund Szymkiewicz, OFM, Conv., Minister Provincial, of the Rev. Edwin Agonis, O.F.M., Conv., as Pastor of St. Hedwig Parish in New Bedford, effective May 29, 1974. Father Edwin wiN take the place of Rey. George Roskwitalski, OFM, Conv., presently the Pastor of the New Bedford parish. Father George will be assuming duties in the Diocese of Ogdensburg, N.Y.