AN ANCHOR OF THE SOUL, SURE AND FIRM -HEB. 6:19
t eanc 0 VOL. 21, NO. 24
FAll RIVER, MASS., THURSDAY, JUNE 16, 1977
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First A'merican Male Saint Canoni'zation on Sunday Representing the Fall River diocese at the canonization in Rome Sunday of Blessed John Neumann, first American male to be raised to the altar, will be Bishop Daniel A. Cronin and Rev. John J. Oliveira, vice-chancellor and episcopal secretary. Bishops of the dioceses where the new saint lived and the superior general of his religious order, the Redemptorists, are
expected to join Pope Paul VI in the 9:30 a.m. Rome time June 19 canonization Mass in St. Peter's Square for Philadelphia's fourth bishop. They are Cardinal John Krol of Philadelphia, Cardinal Terence Cooke of New York, Archbishop Wililam D. Borders of Baltimore, Bishop Vincent Leonard of Pittsburgh. Cardinal Frantisek Tomasek of Prague
Three Installations For Lay Ministers St. John Neumann, C.SS.R.
Neumann: Redemptorist Seminarian I want to have a few words with you, John Neumann: I never did pray to you before, but lately you've received such a lot of publicity, From seminarian to saintHow djd you do it? I suppose you didn't plan it or even want it that way. And to think, you were here once, a seminarian like me thinking it insane to rise so early in the morning (did you ever have trouble staYing awake during morning prayers?), trudging through the tedious schedule, working to keep Holy Mass holy. You made it through all of those trials, and with your help I can too. It helps me to know that you, a saint, started just where I am now: you spent hours before the Eucharist asking for perseverance, and you prayed to God that he would make you a priest, . just as I do. You know, I don't want to be made a saint when I die either. Like you, I desire only to be strong in faith, buoyant in hope. Just as you were vibrant in divine life, so may I be, that my life will be as yours, a sign of the Father's love to all I meet.
By Thomas Brinkmann, seminarian who hopes to join three uncles and a cousin as a Redemptorist priest following in the footsteps of St. John Neumann.
Extraordinary lay ministers of the Eucharist to serve in parishes of the diocese will be commissioned tonight in three simultaneous ceremonies, to be held at 7:30 p.m. Masses at St. Mary's Cathedral, Fall River, St. Pius X. Church, South Yarmouth, and St. John the Evangelist Church, Attleboro. Msgr. Luiz G. Mendoca, V.G., will install new ministers from the Fall River and New Bedford areas at the Cathedral. Msgr. Henry T. Munroe, V.E., will officiate at St. Pius X for candidates from Cape Cod and the Islands. Very Rev. John J. Smith, V.E. will be the celebrant at St. John the Evangelist for those from the Attleboro and Taunton areas. Clergy are invited to concele-
Prayer Service Begins Festival Breaking the cultural barrier and communicating with one another will be the. underlying theme of the first annual EthnicHeritage Festival, sponsored by the City of Fall River, which will be held at Government Center this coming weekend, June 18th and 19th. The Heritage Festival will Turn to Page Five
brate at the Masses and are asked to bring vestments. The new lay ministers attended orientation sessions held Monday and Tuesday of this week in South Yarmouth and at Bishop Stang High School, North Dartmouth.
The ABC and CBS television networks will carry taped high. lights of the ceremony via di· rect satellite connection with the Vatican. A one-hour CBS program beginning at 10 a.m. Sunday will be narrated by CBS News cor· respondent Charles Osgood and Redemptorist Father Francis X. Murphy and will include a dram. atized life of Bishop Neumann. ABC will cover the canoniza. tion with a half·hour program at 12:30 p.m. Sunday, "St. John Neumann: American.' Turn to Page Five
Bay ·State Ninth To Ask Congress For Convention The Massachusetts senate has given final approval by a vote of 24 to 14 to a resolution calling on Congress to summon a constitutional convention to consider a Human Life amendment to the Constitution. The resolution previously passed in the house 148 to 70. Massachusetts is the ninth state to adopt such a resolution. If 25 other states take simIlar action, the convention must be called. Commenting on the action, Rev. Thomas L. Rita, diocesan Pro-Life Coordinator stated: "In what can be termed _a monumental accomplishment, the legislators of Massachusetts by lopsided margins have asked the United States Congress to call a constitutional convention Turn to Page Five
Appoint Three Associate Pastors The Most Reverend Bishop has announced assignments of three associate pastors: Rev. Francis X. Wallace, who has served with the Military Ordinariate as a U.S. Army chaplain since 1951, will be associate pastor at St. Patrick's Church, Falmouth, effective today. Rev. Arthur T. de Mello will be associate pastor pro tern at St. Mary's Church, Taunton, effective Wednesday, June 29.
and Father Joseph Pfah, Redemptorist superior general.
Rev. Gerald P. Barnwell, associate pastor at Sacred Heart Church, Fall River, since his or· dination in January of this year, will be associate pastor at Immaculate Conception Church, North Easton, effective Wednesday, June 29.. Born in Beverly, Mass, Father Wallace graduated from Holy Family High School, New Bedford. After attending St. Anselm Tum to Page Four
NOT OUTDATED: Los Angeles statue backed by gleaming skyscraper illustrates declaration of Pope 'Paul VI that devotion to Heart of Jesus is not outdated. In observance of tomorrow's feast of Sacred. Heart, an all-night vigil will begin at 8 o'clock at Sacred Hearts Church, Fairhaven, including opening and closing Masses, holy hours and recitation of the rosary. All are welcome to attend all or part of the 12-hour service of reparation.