Catholic Charities Appeal
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The 1958 .Catholic Charities Appeal has establi~ed a new high in the history of the Appeal. The' final total, released at Headquarters' this morning, i~ $366,207.~8. This figure is an increase of $11,730.06 over the 1957 total. . '. Sixty two Parishes succeeded in exceeding their 1957 contribution to the Appeal. Holy Name of. Fan ."As ~e come to the close of River led the parishes in ~on- the 1958 Ca~holic Charities Aptributions. St.. Lawrence of .' pea~ I welcome the' opportunity . . . to SIncerely thank everyone who New Bedford and Sacred, helped to make our App~al
Heart of Fall River were second . for funds' such an outstanding and third. This is a repeat of success. Once again it has been last year's standin~. demonstrated that Catholic Mr. James Bullock; Lay Chair: Charities has a· legion of friends' man for 1958, expressed his who as workers and donors give gratitude and joy in this state-' generously of their time and ment: money to help their needy
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Prelate Declares Fall River, Mass. Thursday, May 29, 1958 CCD Gra'duates Are Apostles ...• 22 JOe Vo.I 2 , J""IIlO. Climaxing a 15 week teach Second Cia.. Mall Privileg.. Authorized at Fall River. M......
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ROME (NC)-Cardinals of Rome and other high Vati can officials served as representatives for the whole' Catholic world at services here for Cardinal Stritch, first American Cardinal named. to the' central government of the Church. The seventy year old Arch bishop of Chicago died Tues day, May 27, at' one thirty
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five in the' morning, a month after he arrived here to take up his new post as Pro-Prefect of the Sacred Congregation for the Propagation of the Faith. The Cardinal's, rapid recovery from an arm amputation three days after his arrival in Rome had been cut short by a stroke which caused partial paralysis and. heart damage. Gradual weakening of the heart and cir latory system and inability to tak~ nourishment finally led to his . death. The Cardinal died surrounded by relatives, friends and priests after all present had zecited the rosary and prayers for dying. All priests. present then imparted the last blessing.. Then, as if he'd been awaiting '!'urn to Page Eighteen
er training course, 265 have received certificates from the Diocesan Office of the
frien"ds and neighbors; I wish it were possible for me to thank each - one personal.ly: . "And as we rejOICe }ft our accomplishments w~ must not forget the contributions made by the press and radio stations throughout the Diocese as well as the TV stations in our neigh boring State 'of Rhode Island. All of them did an exemplaI'T ,Turn to Page Nineteen
Ordain No. Attleboro Man Franciscan on Saturday
. Rev. George Marcil, O.F.M., son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry W:.. ~arci1, 53 Orne St., North Attleboro, will be ordained to the priesthood on Saturday by the Most Rev. D~niel J. Feeney, Bish9P of Portland, in the, Immaculate Conception Cathedral, Portland. . . . · Attleboro. Rev. Joseph S. La1 Th d . e n~w y-or ame~ F~an- rue,' pastor, will be assistant elscan wIll celebrate hIS FIrst· priest" Rev, Edmund L. Dickin:' Solemn Mass· Sunday in SOil, . assistant itt Sacred Heart,
Confraternity of Christian Doc trine, . The graduates,' Sisters, stu dents, and laypeople from .all parts of the Diocese, heard. an address by Rt.Jtev, Msgr. James Sacred J. Gerrard, V.G., of New Bed- . fQrd, who\ also presented the certificates, at exerCises at St. Turn to Page Seventeen
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.Father Considine Sees, 16 Trouble Spots in World RICHMOND (NC) - A Jesuit theologian believes Protestants today feel a "willingness to come nearer to Catholicism," but he warned it would be "woefully erro neous" to expect large-scale conversions. Father Gustave Weigel, S.J., of Woodstock (Md.) College, a Jesuit seminary, dealt with cur-. " . rent "fl'iendly dialogues" be tween Catholics and Protestants
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will' be deacon, and the sub deacon will be Rev:' Paul Cho quette of Notre Dame Church, Southbridge. The sermon will be preached by Rev. Constan . ,tine Baillargeon, O.F.M" from the Franciscan Scholasticate in Quebec City. Sherbrooke' Novitiate Father Marcil received his early education in Central Falls, R. 1., and at Sacred Heart School. After attending two years of high. school at Sacred Heart School, Central Falls, he went to St. Francis College-High School in Biddeford, Maine. Father Marcil received Ute Franciscan habit in Sherbrooke, Canada, in 1950. At this time his given name of Henry was changed to George. He made Turn to Page Seven
Information Bureau Reports Gain In Diocesan Catholic Population
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Warn Communists Could Control United States in Next 2'0 Years By Patricia McGowan IICA Communist-dominated America would be a land without political parties or fraternal and social organiz ations:' This prediction was made at a meeting of two. men in unique' positions to assess ty here in 20 to ~o years," Mr. Penha went on to say. Agree Communism's threat to dem . Th M t R ing with him, Bishop Turner ev. pointed out that it took, 30 years ocracy. ey are os Kenneth R. Turner, S.M.M., to' enslave China, starting in exiled from his diocese in China small and almost unnoticed ways. by the Reds, and Armand Penha . The Reds would not achieve of St. Mary's parish, Fairhaven, . control of the United States by . who recently made headlines peacefd means, said the count when his activity as a Commun erspy, but, according to William 1st counterspy for the FBI was Z. Foster, Communist leader in J1evealed. this country, would overthrow HCommunism could be a realiTurn to Page Seventeen
Prelate Foresees Exiles' Return I~ 10 Years'
RaQb Notes Reds Make Individual Cog in Machine
CINCINNATI (NC) '"There is a beautiful side to the persecution" of the Church in China.
NOTRE DAME (NC) "Catholics form the crack troops" in' the struggle against communist material- .
Exiled Archbishop Paul Yu Pin of Nanking declared here Chinese Catl.olics are just awakening to this aspect of per secution. He pointed out the amazing result of it is, that the Catholic Faith has never been _ well lived in China as it is kKlay. Among other unintended good -.ults caused by the Reds' J'e . _ _ .. Pace SiD ...
ism, Chancellor Julius Raab of Austria has declared. He stated that the great global conflict today is "between the world where ideals are still, alive, and the world where only a barren materialism reigns." Degrade to Cog Because this materialism "tries to achieve its objectives '·with an Kon fist," he' said, "with every Turn io Pace NiDe~_ .
, ' , 'The Diocese of Fall River has. a Catholic population of . .250;819,an increase of 3,334 over last. year, according to figures just released by the Diocesan Bureau of Information. There are 26 archdioceses'in the United States and 113 dioceses, including the Vicar In the diocese, there are 2627 NEW YORK. (NC) - A iate of Alaska. Fall River pupils in 10 high schools and Jesuit sociologist here has .ranks 21st in population~· 17,429 pupils in 57 elementaI'T schools. Special religious in among the dioceses. It em hit what he calls a wide structions are given to 28,935 braces Bristol, Barnstable, Dukes spread tendency to consider public' school· pupils.
Tells Correction Guild Religion Is Above Law
religion as a sort of psychologi calor social service in behalf of law enforcement. Father Joseph P. Fitzpatrick, S.J.,pointed out that only when religion is recognized as "man's fundamental relationship to God" can its primary purpose in Society be fulfilled. Turn to Pate Twenty
and Nantucket Counties, and the town of Marion, Mattapoisett and Wareham in Plymouth County, ari area of 1194 square miles 'with a total population of 445,060. The 1957 Catholic popu lation constitutes 56.2 per cent of the entire area, an increase of 6.2 per cent since 1947. ' Two hew parishes, St. Augus tine's in Vineyard Haven and Our Lady of Victory in Center . ' ville, increase to 105 the number o{parishes in the diocese. There are 360 priests in the diocese, an increase of 12 over last year.
There is one special school for exceptional children caring for 24 youngsters. There is one .Catholic· college in the diocese'with 415 students. In various seminaries; there are 58 diocesan students preparing for the priesthood. Three reli gious scholasticates and sem-. inaries have 79 enrolled as stu dents in different religioWi orders. Full-time teachers in the, di ocese are made up of 650 sisters, 25 brothers and 42 lay teachers.
Emphasizes Man Latin' Americ'an Retains Dignity Church Facing Grave Danger In III Health LA CROSSE (NC)-The WASHINGTON (NC) - ' The Apostolic Delegate to Church may be abandoned in Latin Am~rica unless im the' United States has re measures "are minded an international con- . mediate gress -of physicians that "man, even in time of sickness and in firmity, "is 'still an immortal being." In the sight of God, declared " His Excellency Archbishop Am leto Giovanni Cicognani, "there WORLD QUEEN: .Mary, are not the strong and the in but only the human per Queen of the Universe, firm, son, without distinction of any whose feast day is May 31. kind, the person with his rights NC Phoi~ TurD io Pace seveY
adopted to forestall the whole sale loss of Faith to hundreds of thousands of Latin Americans." Msgr. Anthony P. Wagener, editor of the Register Times Review, newspaper of the La Crosse diocese, made the state ment on his return from a study tour of the Church's missions in Bolivia, Peru and Guatemala. Stating that the future course Turn io Pace Sixtee.