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Charity of Faithful Greatest Ever
Establishes Nelv Diocesan All-Time Record High
Final Tabulation Figure Places Gifts at $712,083 . "'The Appeal is ended !H The result exce'eded Our fond est expectations! , Due to the hard work of
thousands of solicitors, led by the parish chairmen, and to the generous support of tens of thou sands of folks and business firms throughout the Diocese, it is my
The ANCHOR Fall River, Mass., Thursday, June 3, 1965 Vol. 9, No. 22
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privilege to announce that the grand total raised by this year's Catholic Charities Appeal stands at $712,083.13; $31,971.22 more than last year's figure and the highest sum received in the his tory of the Appeal," Chairman Rilchard K. Martin stated. Special strength was evidenced in parish contributions. This section increased $.:15,000. Ninety parishes attained Honor Roll membership. St. Joseph's Parish of Fairhaven had an increase of
34 per cent over last year. In actual contributions,' St. Lawrence of New Bedford took the lead over its perennial rival, Holy Name of Fall River, fol lowed by st. John the Evangel ist, Attleboro third and St. Mary's, No. Attleboro, fourth. Said Chairman Martin: This is indeed a fitting tribute to Bishop Connolly, who in his 15 years as Bishop ha" labored so hard and accomplished so rriuch for everyone's benefit. The re-
The Top 15 of the Diocese The fifteen leading parishes of the Diocese are: St. Lawrence, New Bedford $23,642.50 Holy Name, Fall River 22,117.6'7 St. John the Evangelis~ Attleboro 18,584.00 St. Mary, North Attleboro 17,976.50 St. James New Bedford 16,249.55 St. Francis Xaviel' Hyannis 12,773.50 Mt. Carmel, New Bedford 12,131.60
St. Mary, Taunton 11,532.75 51. Joseph, New Bedford 11,058.50 Sacred Heart, Fall River W,886.50 Holy Name, New Bedford 1~,355.99 Immaculate Conception, North Easton 10,165.00 St. Mary's Cathedral, Fall River ~,035.50 St. Patrick, Falmouth 9,934.00 St. Mary, Mansfield 9,619.91
suIt of this year's cal!l1paigl1 as
sures the'Diot:ese of the where
withal to aid its 28 charities now in existence, and to provide something in the nature of cap
ital to 'found new agencies for
good as the need :trises:-
"In behalf of the lay leaders of
this year's effort, may I thank a " who had any part in making the 1965 Appeal the marked success it has been." , In a statement of appreciatiol His Excellency, Most Rev. Jame; J. Gerrard, Auxiliary Bishop ,0 t Fall River, said: "The outstanding success I rl , the 1965 Catholic Charities AII peal gives me, and I'm sure the people of the Fall River Diocese. a tremendous sense of apprecia tion. We consider the extraordi nary response to this year's 9P-: Turn to Page Seventeen
CCD Conclave to Hear Bish'op Greco The Diocese of Fan River will sponsor the annual New ~l1glal1d Regional Congress of the Confraternity of Christian Doctrine this year starting Thursday, Aug. 26 and oontinuing until Sunday, .4\,lJlg.
have accepted assignments to give main addresses while many other Bishops will preside at the various sessions. Most Rev. Charles P. Greco, D.D., Bishop of Alexandria, La., and national chairman of the
:9. Bishop Stang High School, N@. Dartmouth, and the New BeOl
furd Hotel will serve as Congre38 Headquarters. Rev. Joseph L. Powers, Dioe-' e:mn Director of the CCD, has announced that in addition ~o Bishop Connolly, Ordinary of the Diocese, and Bishop Gerrard, Auxiliary Bishop of the Diocese, lour members of the Hierarchy
Bishops' Committee ()f the CCD, will preach the homily at the Low Pontifical MailS opening the Congress at 8 o'clock, Thursday evening, Aug. 26 in the Bishop Stang High School Auditorium. Most Rev. Bernard J. Flana-
gan, D.D., J.C.D., Bishop of
Worcester, will be the guest
speaker at the special luncheon in the Stang cafeteria for all priests attending the Congress on Friday noon, .'\ug. 27. Turn to Page Five
Hits Negative Criticism of Schools PHILADELPHIA (NC) Liturgical formation and ee umenical activity, while valu able in' themselves, are not reasons for neglecting Catholic schools. Auxiliary Bishop Clar enee E. Elwell of Cleveland told BOme 2,000 persons here. Speak-
Asks Laity Be Constructive In Speaking About Church . BOWLING GREEN (NC)-Bishop George J. Rehring .f Toledo said here that laymen who are eritical of policies
and Church leaders should take a more constructive tack. Bishop Rehring said "sane eriticism" from laymen ia wel come and is fla service t-o those criticized. Sane criti cism will always be gratefully received by anyone who iii net a victim of the insufferable r
ing at a Solemn Pontifical Mass commemorating the 75th anni versary of the founding of Ro man Catholic High School, Bishop Elwell contrasted "use less negative criticism" of Cath olic schools with the generosity
Fast and Abstinence Saturday, the Vig,il of Pente d~y of Fast and partial abstinence. Meat may be eaten at the main meal. Next Wednes day, Friday and Saturday, June 9, 11, and 12,are Ember Days. Fast is obligatory on the three days, but meat may be eaten at the main meal on Wednesday
and Saturday.
cost, is a
of Thomas E. Cahill, Philadel
phia layman whose will bequest
cd funds for establishing the School. It is the first free cen tral Catholie high school in the United States. "Would that the example of this man would lead some of Turn to Page Four
BISHOP CHARLES P. GRECO
Contributions to 'Missions 'Suo-pass Former Donations ROME (NC)-Catholics the world over gave almost $31.8 milli<m in 1964 to the missions through the Church'a official channels-an all-time record. Contributions to the Pontifical Society for the Propagation of the F-aith in 1964
totalled $26,922,000 -accord
ing to the society's secretary
general Msgr. Raymond P. Etteldorf of Dubuque. Thi~
Schedule Ordination of Two Jesuits
delusion of personal infallibility i and impeccability," he said.
But, the bishop added in aD I address after dedicating a new men's residence at Bowling Green State University, there is 1 a~s() room for improvement m the approach of the critics. He recommended that the lay critic "modify his style ~f :writing, that he drop flippancy, cynicism, brashness, sarcasm, fault-finding, castigation, vitri J' olie and acrimonious language, and adopt the attitude of Cardi nal Newman's gentleman - the attitude of courtesy, considera
tinn, docility, respectfulness and
open-mindedness, without, h.ow
. ever, any thought of sacrificinl 8oi;ncerity, forthrightnesa a a.
••ltiPQkenness."
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Two residents of the Dio cese will be ordained priests in the Society of Jesus next week. They are Rev. Mr. George P. Winchester, S.J., and Rev. Mr. John G. Krebs, S.J. Rev. Mr. Winchester, son of Mrs. Ralph J. Shea and the late Charles A. Winchester, 60 Bridge Street, Osterville, will be ordained for the Society's New England Province on Saturday, June 12 at Weston College. He will offer his First Mass at 12 noon on Sunday, June 20, in Our Lady of the Assumption Church, Osterville.
He will be assisted by Rev.
John T. Higgins, archpriest; Rev.
Gerard P. Kirk, S.J., deacon, and Rev. Lawrence A. Burke, S.J., subdeacon. The preacher :will be Rev. Daniel Linehan, S.l. TUI'R _ Pale Fourteea
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is an increase of $2,043,319 over
1963. Another' $4,869,056 was
raised for mission seminaries by the Society of St. Peter Apostle for the Native Clergy. Msgr. Etteldorf noted, how ever, that despitE' the increase. the money given the Society for the Propagation o~ the Faith by Catholics t.hroughout the world still falls far short of the needs in many mission territories. "With the money collected in. 1963 for instance" the Iowa prelate said, "the society was able last year tC' meet a little lesa Turn to Page Twelve
Fleet Blessing The annual Blessing of the Fishing Fleet will be held Sun
day, June 27 at Provincetown.
with a lifgli. Mass being oele
JKated aH-l tAatmotninc.
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