Catholic Cha rities Appea I II
Total Highest Ever $953,300.50
The ANCHOR An Anchor of the Soul, Sure and Firm-St. Paul
Fall River Mass., 'Thursday, May 30, 1974 Vol. 18, No. 22 © 1974 The Anchor. PRICE 15c $5.00 per year
The 1974 Catholic Charities Appeal of the diocese of Fall River has attained the highest total ever in the thirty three year history of the AI=peal. The total for this year is $953,300.50. This represents an increase of $28,560,88 over the 1973 Appeal total which was the previous high total.
LEADING. AREA PA~ISHES st. John, Attleboro
$15,960.99 St. Mary, Mansfield 12,729.50 Mt. Carmcl, Seekonk 11,259.00
St. Mary, North Attleboro St. Mark, Attleboro Falls
10,692.00 10,361.00
VATICAN CITY (NC) - The 1975 Holy Year was proclaimed solemnly and officially on Aseension Thursday with the reading of a papal .bull in which Pope Paul VI said he hopes that pilgrims to Rome will find a realization of the themes of renewal and reconciliation. The proclamation wa,s essentially ceremonial in nature because Pope Paul had announced his intention of holding a Year at a general audience in May 1973.
The papal bull-<:onsidered the most solemn form of documlmts issued by the Holy See - was entitled Apostolorum Limina, translated by the Vatican as The Memorials of the Apostles, meaning the tombs of Sts. P,eter and Paul. At the ceremony a group of prelates, including Msgr. Gugli-
elmo Zannoni, head of the archives of the papal secretariat of state, and Msgr. VirgiHo Noe, master of pontifical ceremonies, received the copies of the bull from Pope Paul in the Vatican palace early on May 23 and then went in procession to the atrium, or open front porch, of St. Peter's Basilica for the oHicial reading of the Latin document by Msgr. Zannoni. After copies of the bull were consigned to officials of St. Peter's· Basilica to be affixed to the doors of the church, Msgr Noe and other officials departed for St. Paul's Outside the Walls for a similar ceremony. In the afternoon the rea'<1ing of the bull was again performed at the remaining two basilicas in Rome, St. John Lateran's and St. Mary Major's. ' Tu~ to Page Four
Appoint Six New Deacons In Internship Program A number of assignments affecting deacons of the FaIl River Diocese have been announced by the Most Reverend Daniel A. Cronin, Bishop of Fall River. Deacons, ordained sacred ministers of service, exercise their sacramental and pastoral ministry in the contemporary Church as spiritual descendants of Saint Stephen, the first martyr, Saint Lawrence, the great leader and patron of the Roman Church, and many other notable sen"ants of God's people down through the long centuries of salvation history. For several years, deacons have exercised parish ministry in the Diocese of FaIl River" in the course of their preparation for ordination to anot/1er of the Sacred Orders, the priesthood. Working side by side with parish priests, deacons have been members of the parish "team" during the course of their "internship."
St. Pius X, . , South Yarmouth St. Francis Xav,ier, Hyannis St. Patrick, Falmouth COl1pUS Christi, Sandwich Our Lady of Victory, Centerville
$18,875.50 16,660.00 14,351.00 11,645.00 10,000.00
Fall River Area Holy Name $28,655.50 Our Lady of the Angels 13,931.00 St. Mary's Cathedral 12,888.50 St. Thomas More, 11,222.50 Somerset 10,105.00 Sacred Heart
New Bedford Area
Mt. Carmel St. Lawrence St. James St. Joseph, Fairhaven St. Joseph
$25,100.00 18,848.59 14,231.00 13,526.75 10,984.30
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Bishop Expresses Gratitude .Dearly beloved in Christ, The 1974 Catholi.c Charities Appeal hall been an unprecedented success. We have substantially exceeded last year's total in establishing a new record amount. More parishes than ever before have surpassed prior sums collected. Our plans for maintaining and expanding apostolic, social, charitable end educational programs rest on a firm and solid foundation, thanks to the magnificent generosity of the good people of our area.
1 am profoundly grateful to everyone who responded to this year's Appeal. The 'results are a marvelous testimonial to the dedicated labors of the clergy, religious and laity of the Diocese and to the generosity and concern of the community at large. My personal gratitude is echoed by the thanks of the many thousands of beneficiaries of the Appeal. Sometimes, it seems, negative and gloomy indications of the darker side of human nature predominclte when news is published or broadcast. Optimistic and encouraging signs, however, do emerge, and they buoy up the hearts and souls of all who note them; they provoke the Mautifu[ virtue of hope. 1 consider the grand results of our recent Catholic Charities Appeal to be signs of that latter sort. Please join me in rejoicing at this truly wonderful success. Together with my hearty thanks goes my prayerful good wish for God's every choice blessing upon you all. Devotedly yours in Christ,
Taunton Area St. Mary $11,394.50 Sacred Heart 8,827.50 Immacuqate Conception, North Easton 8,025.00 S1. Joseph, Taunton 7,926.00 Holy Family 7,296.00
tals. There are 113 parishes in the 'diocese. Holy Name parish, FaU River, once again maintained the honor of being number one among the parishes. Its total was '$28,655.50, an increase of $1,024.50 over its final 1973 total. Mt. Carmel, New Bedford, again came in second with a total of $25,100.00 but with an increase of $3,358.14 over last year's total. This was the largest increase of any parish. Third place went to St. Pius X, South Yarmouth with a total $18,875.50.
Attleboro Area
Cape & Islands Area
Pope Paul Proclaims 1975 as Holy Year
The final number of parishes surpassing 1973 totals in this year's Appeal is 94. This also is an all time record. Last year, 89 parishes exceeded their final to-
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Ordinary Speaks • ••
Diocesan Appeal for Vocations
Shortly, one of the largest Pentecost Sunday, June 2, the olasses of deacons ever to labor day on which the Church so in the Diocese will begin their forcefully received her mission diaconal experience. The Dioc-, thl'lough the Spirit of God, nearly esan Diaconal Internship Pro- two thousand years ago, will be gram will be supervi,sed by Rev- the day on which the Diocese of erend John J. Smith, Diocesan FaIl River will especially· plead Director of Vocations, working God and man for an increase of in conjunction with seminaries vocations. in which the deacons are enrolled. As the Spirit brought out the Deacons from Saint John's best in men and women in the Seminary in Brighton are Rev. .early Church and confiI1ll1ed Mr. H. Stan~ey Barney, who will them with His strengtih, so there be assigned to Saint Dominic's is a great need for an increase Parish, Swansea, Rev. Mr. Arnold Medeiros, who will labor at Saint John of God Parish, Somerset, Rev. Mr. Herbert T. Nichols, assigned to St. Mary's Parish, New Bedford, .and Rev. Mr. Richard M. Roy, to join the parish clergy at Saint John the Evangelist Parish, Attleboro. From Saint Mary's Seminary in Baltimore, Rev. Mr. William 1. Boffa, Jr., wilI serve at Saint Louis Parish, FalI River, and Rev. Mr. Bruce M. Neylon has been Turn to Page Two
of vocations in the world of today. Forty~seven young men are presently studying to eventually serve the Fall River· diocesans as priests: 12 in CdlIege, 8 in Philosophy and 27 in Theology
or post-graduate studies. Seminarians are presently attending classes at St. John's Seminary, Brighton; St. Mary's Seminary, Baltimore; North American . ColIege, Rome; St. Turn to Page Five
"Respond to Holy Spirit" Dearly beloved -in Christ, Since the Second V.atican Council, the Mass and the Sacramental Rites of the Church have been revised. Perhaps in your family you have participated in the beautiful new ceremony for the Baptism of infants; perhaps you have commended loved ones to God's mercy in the moving Funeral Rite. Throughout the Diocese this year and last, there has been a definite and noticeable richness to the celebration of Confirmation in our parishes. Of late, the Sacrament of the Anointing of the Sick has been revised, and pastoral care of our SICk and: elderly has been made more comforting and meanIngful as the new forms have been introduced. Of course, in alI this, the basics . have remained: God touches the hearts and souls of His people, pouring His graces upon them in Holy Mass and the Sacraments. But our participation in the sacred rites, our understanding and perception of them, have been significan!ly enhanced by the renewal and reform of the Liturgy. . . Turn to Page Five