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State's Citizens ·Again Insist Sunday Be Protected'
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Fall' River Superior ,Reports On Canonization Cause Very Rev. Roland Huot, S.S.S., superior general of the Blessed Sacrament Fathers and a native of Fall River, has announced progress in' the cause for canonization of Blessed Peter Julian 'Eymard, founder of the congregation. Father Huot said that the S. a c red Congregation of Rites in a meeting held last month accepted the report of a medical 'commission on
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genuineness of a second miracle attributed to Blessed Eymard. The first of two required, miracles was accepted in 1956. Beatified by Pope Pius XI on July 12, 1925, the cause of the canonization of Blessed Eymard has been futhered principally by Rev. Henri Evers, S,S.S., a F r e n c h Blessed Sacrament Fatner, who is postulator, and in' this country by Rev. Ralph Lavigne of New York, vice-postulator. . , Blessed Eymard, who founded Ole 'congregation of the Blessed Sacrament Fathers May 13, 1856, Turn to Page Eighteen
Citizens of the Common-' wealth have once again indicated to their legislators that they are opposed to making Sunday a "business as usual" day. , The' State Sen ate, after passing an amendment that would have permitted persons closing on Saturday to open for business on Sunday, reversed itself on Monday after lawmakers had received numerous complaints from constituents objecting to the "open for busi-
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$@30cOOO' A new high of $630,103.25 has been reached' ~n the Catholic Charities Appeal. This final figure rvpresents an increase of $2,548:33 over last year: Seventy-three parishes surpassed their 1961 totals and form the honor roll for the twenty - first Diocesan _ wide Appeal. ivI. H!lrry Condon,' lay chairman, emphasized, as the books Turn to Page Four
ness" Sunday this would create. Legislators commented that they had' not seen the full implications of the amendment when it was first proposed and passed, and had not realized the pressures the amendment would put on' Sunday-observing employees of employers closing on Saturday and opening on Sunday. While all respect the consciences that impel those observing a Saturday Sabbath to close on that day, the citizens of the· State who observe the Sabbath on Sunday ask that their consciences also be respected and that they be allo'wed to keep the traditional Sunday "day of rest." In a pluralistic society this differing
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List 1702. June Graduates A total of 1,702 boys and girls will graduate from the grammar schools of the Diocese this month. Some 679 will be from Fall River 'area schools, 427 from New Bedford and 104 from North Attleboro. The r'emainder will be from the· other towns and will receive diplomas in cerecities of the Diocese. A first monies at 8 Sunday night, June graduation is scheduled by 17 in the school hall. Rev. St. George's School, West- Lorenzo Morais, pastor, will' ofport, where 35 boys and girls
300 Catholic Collegians: Volunteer ill• For If.llSSlOn Work. in Mexico MARYKNOLL (N C ) -Some 300 CathOlic students from 29 U.S. universities and colleges have offered their Summer vacations to engage in voluntary work projects in Mexico. The project labeled "Operation: Good Neighbor" by the students was sparked by a suggestion of Father Felix McGowan, M.M., a Maryknoll missionary veteran of 10 years in the "green hell" jungle area of northeastern Bolivia. He is .Dow
serving as associate editor of World Campus, a journal of opinion for college students. . His challenge "to participate" presented to Yale students during a talk last year resulted in a student group going, to a slum area outside Mexico City where they built a community center and school. With Father McGowan serving as drumbeater, news of the success of the' Yale project spread rapidly to other colleges. So far this year 29 colleges and universities have been invited
on matters of conscience does work a hardship at times on one or' another group. As the Boston Archdiocesan newspaper, The Pilot, pointed out editorially: "The exceptions for sabbatarians that should be written into law are recognized by all. These allow kosher shops to open on Sunday for the sale of kosher foods and further allow any labor which does not create a nuisance to others. These· exceptions are reasonable and should be passed. There is no need of destroying Sunday for the rest of the community to relieve the religious necessities of sabbatarians." ,Area Senators voting to overTurn to Page ,Three
by Mexican groups to undertake similar projects throughout their country. . "All the' credit for 'Operation: Good Neighbor' belongs to, the students themselves," said Fr. McGowan. "All we did was show them the need and they generously volunteered, giving up their va'cations and the chance to, earn a few dollars during the Summer.1t ' , It is a joint Mexican-American project, the Maryknoller said. A coordinating office has Turn to Page EiahteeD.
ficiate. Largest graduating class is that of St. Patrick's School, Fall River, with 79 in the eighth grade. St. Mary's, North Attleboro, top-ranking school for the past, two years, is in second place this year, with 78 graduates. Smallest class will be that of St. Theresa School, New Bedford, numbering four. With increased high school facilities available, a larger' proportion of the elementary graduates will be able to continue their Catholic educations than in former years, officials noted. There are now 12 high schools in the Diocese. By September, the number of girls of the Taunton area in Catholic High Schools will increase with the added facilities that will be available in the new Girls' Memorial High SchooL