Catholic Charities Appeal Hits New Diocesan Record High
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65 ·Diocesan Young Men Studying for Priesthood. On next Tuesday examinations will be held at the Convent of the Holy Union of the Sa'cred Hearts, Prospect Street, Fall River, at 9 in the morning for those college ,students who desire to stUdy for the priesthood of tho Diocese of Fall River. The There are 12 men in first phil examination will be on the osophy-six at St. John's and ,subjects covered in the first six at St. Mary's. two years of a classical col In Minor Seminaries lege course. The young men taking the ex am will be seeking sponsorship by the Bishop in a major semin ary. There are at present 50 young men s~udying for the Dio cese in major seminaries and 15 In minor seminaries. The major seminary covers tha iast six years of a priest's educa tion-two years of philosophy IE\nd four years of theology. The minor seminary covers the first two years of college. Major Seminaries
The F\'\ll River Diocese has six men finishing their third year of theology this year-one at St, John's Seminary. Brighton; one in St. Mary's Seminary, Balti more; one in St. Procopius Sem Inar)'. Illinois. and one in An ara, the Azores. There are 11 finishing their oecond theology-three at St. John's, four at St. Mary's. three ~n Montreal and one In Rome. Fifteen are finishing first theology-six at St. John's. sev en at St. Mary's. one in Rome, one in Washington at the Catholic Univer,slty, and one in An~ra.
One seminal'ian is finishing at the Catholic University a special third year of philosophy that will lead to a Master's degree in the subject. Five men are In their second year of philosophy-three at St. John's and two at St. Mary's.
Doctors Mark Jubilee Year
Members from the Fall River Diocese were among those from 24 states, two C a na d ian provinces and Puerto Rico who took part in the celebration of the Silver Jubilee of the National Federa tion of Cat hoi i c Physicians Guilds in New York City. Fall River Guild members who at.t~·nded were Rev. Daniel F. Shalloo. chaplain; Dr. and Mrs. John C. Corri~'an, Dr. and Mrs. Raymond R. Costa, Dr. and Mrs. Francis J. D'Erl'ico, Dr. J. A. PoEl'I1ier, Dr. and Mrs. Edward 'Turn t'-l .Jl.'!.lo~~ '.II.'hilrtc~c;l
In addition to these 50 semin arians in the major seminary. there are 15 men studying in minor seminaries. The minor seminaries to which they are as-
Surpassing all previous manifestations of charity, a total of $354,477.92 has been realized by th~ 1957 Catholic Charities Appeal, it was officially announced at Diocesan' Headquarters today. . Eighty-one parishes scattered throughout the diocese increased their contributiorus over last year, with the Church of the Holy Name in Fall River, leading all par ishes with a total of $12,358. St. Lawrence parish in New Bedford was a very close second. contributing a total of 12,204.95. Th' 15 leading parishes were: Holy Name, Fall River $12.358.00 St. Lawrence. New Bedford 12,204.9~ Sacrcd Hcart, . Fall Rivcr 9,788.10 St. John, Attleboro 8,935.00 St. Mary, N. Attleboro 8.740.50 St. James, New Bedford 8,125.45 Holy Name New, Bedford 7.880.30 Cathedral. Fall River 6,979.00 Immac,ulate Conception, North Easton 6.947.25 St. Mary, Taunton 6.876.50 St. Francis Xavier, Hyannis 5,883.25 St. Mary, Mansfield 5,701.00 St. John Baptist, New Bedford 4,792.18 St. Patrick, :Fall River 4,691.00 St. Joseph. New Bedford 4.1;38.00 Again this year approximately one per cent of the total amount realized was expended to conduct the entire drive, leaVing a net total for diocesan charity work of $350,741.60. Area Totals The 34 parishes comprising th& Greater Fall River area contrib uted $86, 477.12. The 28 parishes in the Greater New Bedford area gave $74,633.08. In the Greater Taunton area, 11 parishes contl'ibuted $28,336.35
THREE BISHOPS OF OGDENSBURG: This unusual photograph shows three Bishops who have been named to the same New York Diocese. From left to right they are Bishop James J. Navagh, newly-named seventh Bishop of Ogdensburg; Bishop Walter P. Kellenberg; sixth Bishop. recently installed Bishop of Rockville Centre and Bishop Bryan J. McEntegart, fifth Bishop of Ogdensburg, now Bishop of Brooklyn.
Bishop McEntegart Fourth Head of Brooklyn See
The Most Rev. Bryan J. McEntegart was installed as the Bishop of Brooklyn at impressive ceremonies today. The .new head of. the Brooklyn See served as rector of Tum to Page Nino Catholic University of America in Washington prior to his Turn to Page Twelv13 designation as head of tho - sIl}allest diocese in area with the fourth largest popUla tion in United States. Bishop McEntegart now QIl Tickets are on 'sale at all the Portuguese-speaking rectories of the Diocese for tho sumes responsiblllty for 1,429. banquet at which the Most Reverend Bishop will receive the Order of Christ· decora 174 Cathol1cs dwelllng in an area tion from the.Portuguese Ambassador. The bl;mquet will be held at Lincoln Park at embracing 179 square miles. On 6:30 Sunday night, June 23. The Military Order of Christ was founded by King Dom ly Chicago, Boston and New York. of all the dioceses and archdio Dinis .on August 14,.1318 . ceses in the country, exceed8 and the Bull of Foundation .The headquarters of the Order the Portuguese Empire was ex Brooklyn in population. was iss'ued by Pope John of Christ is the town of Tomar. panding the Order aided in the Fourth Ordinary XXII on March 14, 1319. Quite monastic in its beginnings. work and spread of religion. It Although the Brooklyn Dio
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the Order tooK on more and more the character of a royal institution. Under Prince Henry' the Navigator, the Order aided in the struggle against the Moors and In overseas expansion. When
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Still. serving today as second grade teacher in Sacred Heart School, Fall River the post to which she was assigned following her profession of vows - Sister Marie Anna is observing the fi~tieth anniversary of her entrance into the order of the Holy Union of the Sacred Hearts. A native of Ireland, Sister en Faithfully and zealously tered the Holy Union Novitiate Sister has devoted herself to in FaU River where she received the training of the little her religious and professional ones - preparing them for training. their First Holy Communion starting them well on the road to learning, beginning with the three R's. She has kept young with the young, enjoying the happiness of teaching the chll dren and the grandchildren of her first pupils. Tribute of Esteem
Hundreds of Sister's former pupils joined with priests and parishioners in paying their tri bute of esteem and gratitude to Sister Marie Anna for her long years of devoted service to God and the education of His little ones in sacred Heart Parish. Many associate her in mlrnlory with. the old school on Soo1')v,iY' Street where now stands tbe convent.
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Special Mass A grateful parish did not per mit the occasion of Sister's Gol den Jubllee to pass unmarked. A special Mass celebrated by Rev. J. Joseph Sulllvan, pastor, was attended by a group of par ishioners and over 700 children of the school, who received Holy Communion for Sister's inten tion. Seated in the sanctuary were Rev. John Carroll, Rev. Raymond McCarthy and Rev. John Regan, Father Sullivan's curates. The occasion of Sister's Gol den Jubilee was observed by the presentation of purses-one from the school children and another from the members of the Sacred
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Meany Scores Red TV Show CHICAGO (NC) - Presi dent George Meany of the AFL-CIO made a double barreled attack at the "dis
gusting barrage of communist do ubI e talk" delivered into American homes by "the number one butcher of the Kremlin." The indictment of the Russian communist party's first secrc tary. Nildta Krushchev. and the entire Red regime of Russia was made at the De Paul University commencement exercises. • Besides criticiZing Krushchev's appearance on American tele vision. Mr. Meam' attacked tho 7urn to ll"!!oge Twelve