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Thursday, June 11, 1959

Fall River, Mass. Vol. 3, Nov 24

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UNIONCOFFICERS OF THE QUEEN OF PEACE SODALITY: Sodalists of the Catholic High Schools of .the piocese have elected the following officers for the coming year. Left to .right, Winifred Welch, treasurer, Sacred Hearts Academy, Fall River; Lur. ci~le Dem~rs, vice-prefect, St. Mary's High"~a~nton; Kevin Tripp, president, Hory Family ; . '. . ' . . ~ . ,High, New Bedford; Frances Thomas, recordmg. secretary, Mount St. Mary's Fall River' Rev. Mr. Owen E. Finnegan of'the Society of .Jesus, and Roger St. Martin, corresponding secretary, Prevost High, Fall River. .' , Son of Mr. and Mrs. Owen F. Finnegan of 124 Cottage '1 1

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Street, Fall River, will be ordained to the' Priesthood. at . Woodstock College, Woodstock, Maryland, on Sunday, June' 21, by Most Rev. Francis P.

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Heart Parochial School and Msgr. Coyle High School-ClilSS of 1941-Rev. Mr. Finnegan studied pharmacy privately for one year with the lat~ Frank E. Duffy of Fall River. He then Served 39 months with the United States Air Force, 'from 1942 to 1946. · After leaving the Air Force, Mr. Finnegan studied for one year in th,e, University o{ Virginia School of Foreign Service and· for one year at St. Anslem's College. Entered Jesuits. On Sept. 7, 1947, Mr. Finnegan entered the Society of Jesus· at Shadowbrook and made his two .years of novitiate and two years of classical studies ~here. He t~en went to Weston College for' three years where he studied philosophy. receiving his A.B. and M.A. degrees from' Boston '. . ~olh~g~. Mr. Finnegan was assigned for hia' regency, or .teaching ..p~riod' ,~ Fairfield Preparatory School . irtConnecticut. and taught: there, tor two ,years. . . In June of 1956, Mr. Finnegim

Diocesan grammar schools will graduate 1226 boys' and girls this -June. ·The total includes 597 boys and 629 girls. St. Mary's School, North Attleboro, largest in the Diocese with an enroll!llent of 795 children, wiir grad uate 62 eighth graders. At, the other end· of the 'scale is St: Hyacinth's School, New, Bedford, the smallest school to have a graduating' - class~ Total ,enrollment in its "

eight grades is 81, and it will ~ h~ve 10 graduates. Some' 'p~m~:hial . schools are even

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. the srpallestis Holy RQsary, N e w " . " .... ..':' .,B.edford, .with a total of 28 boys afld 22 -girls enrolled in five Diocesan school officials'report that enrollment in the grades. , '.' Oldest in Country freshman class of Bishop Stang High School, first Diocesan A special distinction is pos- regional secondary institution, is' nearing capacity. Students &essed by EspiritoSanto School, who plan attendance ..at the' North' Dartmouth school , F,all River. Founded in 1910, it . should register now to make REV. MR. FINNEGAN; s.J.., is the oJdest Portuguese school st~nds at 110 boys 't~ 80 girls. ' ,Turn to Page. Eighteen certain of admission,says Outsioe the Fall River area the: went to Wood~tock College' in Mai'yllmd for his theology. After Rev: Edward J. Gorman, proPQrtion of registrations ia ordination hewiil' cOip.plete "his . D,iocesan superintendent. At 50-50, but within' Fall River aptheology and then "will be .assi7 . Present,' registration 'stands' at ..piications so far are from bOYI igned by the. Provinci:ii ~f tlie .. ~ci.1 190: Maxirrium to. be accepted. only. It is hoped' that girls ~rom . New England Province ·of·the 'in ·the· piorte;er freshma~ ,cia,ss Fall·River. will also be enc')ur~ , SOcietyo(Broadcast~r Jesus: . . . 'a~d ' .app~icatio~'s' . . . are: aged to ent~r' the,'new school. . . ,f' '. a, 0 'IV" is. 240, ..., . " . , ~ . - '. ,. . coming in at a rapld" rate,' " . . There will.be ample bus trans. Mr. Finnegan: is a member' of:' . 'DUBUQUE (NC)' - The' ,." . . ' '. " .. , pOrt.atiop, a~corciing to ;father' the Nationa.l ,'A-ils<x;hition" of, ',' "mota!, 'i'¢sponsibility" of ,'rhe proportion of. boys to girls, Turn t.Page Eighteen' ···· .. C 't"h 'I"" "t ' 'It' "t';' t' I i~~he coeducational hi~h school Tarn Eighteen . ,.;.~ ..OICS 0 cu Iva e.m e. ' to . Page' . leCtual excellence "grows ;e~ery.·day,:·, says Father James ... , ,. P. Shannon, educator and hisacquired '. . . W ASlIINGTON (NC) - Stretching thedoetrine of new. cibligatio~s ,with our in'CINCINNATI (NC)-Archbishop Ka~I J .. Alter· of Cin~pal infallibility to, coyer more than it actually· does Ie'ads creasing numbers and improved' cin.hati, ·say·s it is "time Call a'hale"to the discussion o,f.' . economi.c.:a.nd·:s~~hil stahis/' dei.nany to'conclude that aC~tholi~president:would00 bot.!nd clared the'pI'eSid'Emt of the cor. religion as 'an issue in the 1'960 president~~1 elections. "There ~~.~. special, way to:an'o.utside·authority, Sen. Eug~ne~J•. ,- Turn·,'t~.Page.. Eighteen .'. has been' too much 'talk already" about·i;he.suljject,'Arch.... ~cCarth~r' Of Minnesota s a i d ' . . .' .......', .... " .". ,'. '.' . bishop Alte{ declared.-. "More lengt~y questi?n-a?d7 of it. is' decidedly unwelIwer artIcle carried 10 the , '.' '. _ . ." , . come. The persistent. referJu6e8 issue of the New ence·to only one religion as ~J~~liC. . Th~ ques.tions ,.~ere ' , :, ' . .'" '" ' . , . . against a.ll' others' in evaluating A . t' I . Th A h " ' l ,'.' eI' . ' 'bI' f d ' t h' tt .' d •• . theeligibi\it1,o! ·.a.candidate for: asked by GIlbert A. HarrIson, . , ~tor apd pUbIis~er of toe n. ar I~~ m ·e .•n? ,OJ; ,I~ arg y. r~f;lp0I1s1 e, o~ a prece en .-s a e~mg., eClslon~o .' office, is ,in itself an incitement . .. drop children's M:a~ses at Sa~r~d .H:eart'Cht!rch,;Fall RIv~r. The artIcle, which appeared m· t9ma~e'an issue,'of the lact," he . ~kly jou.rna~ . . . ' ... The legislator, a Catholieand the May 2~ j.ssue,undel' theJ>yline of·.Ayis C. Roberts, reported.stress laid on family par.:' observed;·' .' .. ' .. ", ior~erly' professor at the College . ,tic.ipation at Mass, during th,e ann1.!~l conyen tion. of the Diocesan' Council, of Catholic " ... -The: Cincinnati. prelate" com-" o~ ·s,t, Thomas, SL Paul,. said h~ Women. It reportedstate.. c,. " . mented'public opinion polls irit~inks th?sc: who .feel ~~ere is' mEmts bv Rev. John'p. Dris-" dIff,Iflilty att~nding an early Msgr.Sullivan also meritioned' ~ieate··there·"Ii~s, been "sollie. ~. "9 ath ?!IC Issue" 111 pohhesare -' . .,' .' . ' '", . ' Masll. that· Sac~ed' ,Heart . p~rocbial Improye.ment" In the general concerned about "'NhetherAJn.~r- c?ll, ,curc~t,ea,t SS: .p'et~:r~ '" sch.ool c~.Ildr~n are t h9 r oughly attitude toward hav~ng a Catha.: traI~edin .dlalogue. Mass relie as president since the, 1928 . rea, or what is called American- Paul G~urclt, Fl,lll. RlVe~,.and,., . 18m ":is threatened by firm'. and . ~Irs. john J." Suilivan' panel, . sponses..;Withtrem . scat.t,ered " ;.. '.. <.. , ,'c'. . . . - " . : ' , ' ~ ~~ta'$>lis.l\ed r~ligious d9ctrine:~ . .,participa;1t, to' the eff~~t, 'that " . throug.hout :the. cpngregation an'!i ',. ". Turn to' Page Twelye . \·':There is an assumption that "children's Masses. take away'·' attending varIOUS Masses" he the dogmatism of Catholicism is' from fanliliness," . hopes that' general layparticipaI~ · . ':rur~ to Page Eighteeo' . Changed Thinking.' tion will be encouraged. ....1.

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Pope Supports . ,: .. lI.. nited Nations . Refugee Y,.ear· '. .... VATICAN CITY (NC) His Holiness Pope John XX.III 'is' marshalling: the. full · ... ' '. • upport of the Holy See 00behind the .World'Refugee -,rear, it .was revealed here.. The Pope himself· will make a raaio broadcast to the world in ~~aIf of refugees. on 'Sunday, .J,vne 2~. It -was,also,annQunced ,. : .. ~~.rn ..1o. Pal'~' Slxke....

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increased emphasis on'congrebetter at Masses, all the time, gational participation in Mass, however," he noted, in comment- ; set me thinking about children's ing.· on reaction to the new WEST HARTFORD (NC)' lVIasses, which I 'have supported' liturgy in general: Sacr.ed Heart . during my 29 yearS'as a pastor," Church has been at the fore--U. S.Senator Thomas J. said Msgr. Sullivan.' front 'of Diocesan parishes in Dodd of C(mnecticut' says The Fall River 'pastor said he introducing the techniques of never before in' history has had approved of' children's, lay participation advocated by· theUniteci States '6ee'n so ill Masses largeb because he felt Pius XIi just before his death. nee.iI of 'thepatriotism . of its they caused 'parents 'to attend A microphone system has been youn.g ..pe.o.pie. '.' . and receive Communion with·, installed in both upper and their youngsters. . lower 'churches to enable lay As·.Simon' of Cyrene took up He feels now however that readers to be heard .with ease.' the.cross"of·Christ,·Senator Dodd seating of children with ' their . A well-trained corps of men is. declared, so the United States, families will serve the same purparticjpating in all Masses under "at a time .when morality and . pose and will be mOre eonven-, . the direction of Rev. Jo~n' 1...' decency' were being persecuted . ,ient 'f?r parents with tra~spoi'''' ' . ' , ,... ~egan;.; .,.... ..•.. , and,cI:ucified**,*took·up the cross ,iation problemi who roiihthave.... MSGDl. 'J.--'JOSEPH: SVLLIVAN ,,-rarlll" ,Pa.-e Ei~htee. . ..... . rura ie Paa-e' Ei&'hteen ".'

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