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The ANCHOR Fall River, Mass., Tlhu;sday,. May 27, 1965
Vol. 9, No. 21 ©
1965 Tne Anchor
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FIFTEEN LEADING PARISHES St. Lawrence 22,49B.5() New Bedford Holy Name Fall River 18,560.67 St. John Attleboro 17,699.00 St. Mary No. Attleboro 17,107.50 St. James New Bedford 15,746.55 Turn to Page Eleven
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CYO Convention For Diocesan Leaders TABERNACI~E
IN NEW :MANSFIELD CHURCH: Edward L. O'Brien, past-01' of St. Mary's Church, J,Iansfield, explains the design of the new tabernacle too M~8g Lillian Dion, left, whose family donated the taber aade in memory of their brother, Rev. Eugene Dion, late pastor of Blessed Sacram{'u!; Church, Fall River.
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of $653,841.28 was' announced. This total is increasing by the hour with the receipt of addi tional substantial parish contri butions and Special Gifts. Sixty-five parishes are now Honor Roll members. Several additional parishes are within easy distance. St. Lawrence of New Bedford continues to lead in parish contributions. "The wonderful support of all to this point," Chairman Richard K. iVIartin said today, "has placed us within the sight of victory.· Being realistic, I am unwilling to claim that victory until it has been established. The returns of the next few hours will be the deciding factor. We will close the books at Headquarters at noon time, Friday. . "There would be no more ex pressive demonstration of affec tion and appreciation for Bishop Connolly's years of charitable service. It is our sincere hope that the Appeal reaches a total that conveys this thought."
St. Mary's First Mass Of Mansfield on Sunday Rev. Edward L. O'Brien, pastor of St. Mary's Parish, Mansfield, will celebrate the first Solemn Mass in the new church at 10:30 Sunday morning. Rev. John A. Chippendale win \be c1eacon and Rev. WilliamR. ,J1>rdan, subdeacon. Both are for mer curates of the parish. The sermon will be preached by Rt. Rev. Hugh A. Gallagher, a fo1'-' mer pastor. The main altar was consecra ied last Thursday by Most Rev, .James J. Gerrard, D.D., Auxiliary Bishop of the Diocese. In the design of St. Ma~'Y'3 €hurch, Mansfield, certain facets of the idea of a church come ~lJ> mind. The purposes of a church in the order of their hierarchy are: the gathering place of the faithful to offer the renewal ~f the redemptive sacrifice ;)I Christ; to receive the sacramen~s :and fruits of that sacrifice; :..:1> !hear the word of God; to adore Christ, really present in the Euchllrist; to perform ext,':;l liturgical devotion, and to mee~ .,ith God in private prayer. In the basic· idea' of· a chul'ciit . . . foci exist: Baptism iA,,~
Eucharist. One is initiation, the ather full earthly attainment, anticipation of the Beatific Vision; they are opposites but related to one another as the beginning to the end. This was the basic design idea foil' St. :iUary's":"" the altar and Turn to Page Five
The Fall River Diocesan Council of Catholic Youth will hold its seventh annual convention Saturday and Sund.ay, May 29 ant3 30, at Ca thedral Camp, East Freetown. A national celebrity will be heard as keynote speaker Satur day afternoon. : The meeting of over 200 Dioc esan CYO leaders, which will for the first time be a two-day event. will have as theme "Unity t/1rough Under!otanding." Panel discussions, to be held Sunday morning, will be based on the : theme. . . The keynote speaker will ap pear after the convention's open ing plenary session at 3 Saturday aftemoon. Th<! evening's pro gram will include a banquet and cotillion. Turn to Page Three
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BISHOP VISITS NAZERETH ON THE CAPE: Bishop Connolly visited the exceptIonal c.hildren at Nazareth Hy annis, on Monday afternoon and witnessed the wo;k the:le children who are so close to :'lis heart.
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New Jesuit General Made Tertianship in Cleveland RO:\IE (NC)-Father Pedro Arrupe, S.J., a 57-year old Spaniard who studied in the LTnited States, and was in Hiroshima when the American atom bomb fell there, is the new leader of the world's 36,000 Jesuits. He was elected here on the third ballo,t of the nov~tiate into a hos the first day of voting. Fr. turned pital and put hlmself, his staff Arrupe came here as super am1 the novices at tho< service ior of the Jesuit Japanese ofihe injured. province. He was in Hiroshima as superior of ~he novitiate there on t:le fateful Aug. 6, 1945, when the first atom bomb fell. He
Seven Priests iin Diocese Mark 40 Years of Service Seven diocesan priests, laboring in the service of God in various sections of this See, this year are observing the fortieth anniversary of their ordination. Several parishes akeady are making plans to honor the jllbilarians for their long and devoted work for Rev. James E. Lynch, pastor the salvation of souls. Six af St. Joan of Arc, Orleans. are pastors and the seventh Rev. Lorenzo H. Morais, pas is chaplain at· one of the tor of St. George's Westport. diocesan institutions for the aged The:, are: Rev. John G. Casey, pastor of Immaculate CO:lception, North Easton.
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Award to Honor Father Gorman SiKter Mary Urban R.S.M. has announced thata special scholarship has been estab lished . at Bishop Feehan High School in Attleboro to hon or the memory of the late Rev. Edward J. Gorman, former SuTurn to Paie Three
The new Je~lIit general, the sixth fmlll Spajn, was born at Bilbao. on Nov. 14, 1907. He en Tum to Page Eleven
America Bureau, has been as sisting in the relief work at the request of the papal nuncio to the Dominican Republic, Arch bishop Emmanuelle Clarizio. In threewe,:,ks, the Agency for International Development and U. S. voluntary kgencies dis tributed so m e five million pounds of emergency aid in the Dominican Republic.. most of it ill this strife-torn' capital, the Fan River diocesan priest said. In one operation, Father Clark reported, Catholic Relief Ser vices in cooperation with AID ~urn to Page Eleve.l1
Rev. David A. O'Brien, pastor of S5. Peter and Paul's, Fan River. Rt. Rev. Jo~~ph R. Pannoni, pastor of Holy Rosary, Fan Rive.'. Rev. Gearge E. Sullivan, pas.. tor of St. Joseph's. Fall River. Rev. Edmond Tremblay, chap lain at Sacred Heart Home, New Bedwrd. Father Tremblay Father Trembby, the son of the late George and the late Mrs. Marie Audette Tremblay, was bom Feb. 23, 1897 in Fall River. Following graduRtioll from St. Anne's School he made high school and college studies at S1;. Mary's, Montreal, and completed his education for the priesthood under the Snlpician Fathers in that city. . He was ordained ·Feb. 22, 192:; at St. Michael's; Sherbrooke, Canada, by tIle late Most Rev; Osias Gagnon. Father Tremblay's service itt the Diocese includes assignment "urn. to Page- ~