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St. Mary's, North A.ttleboro, Largest; First"for Holy Name, Fall River A total of 1851 boy:::; and g-irls will graduate from t'ha
elerr,entary schools of the Diocese next week, an increase of 90 over last year. The largest class will be graduated. from St. Mary's School, No. Attleboro, with 46 boys a:nd 36 girls totaling 82 receiving their diplomas. The smallest ing of four grades in a new in St. Mary's Parish, New graduating class will be that school Bedford, and the starting of of St. Vincent's Home, Fall four grades in the Holy Trinity
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New Somerset Church :Construction Starts Rev. Howard A. Waldl·ofi,pastor of St. Thomas More Church, Somerset, announced today the awarding of con ....act'S for the building of the, new Church. F.L. ,Collins and Ions Inc. of Fall River have been awarded the contract M g e n era 1 contractors. aluminum spire with electronic ~t'a<1y Electrical Co. Inc.; chimes that will ring out' the • so of Fall River, will do Angelus three times a day will tile elee-trical w 0 r k and rise above the front entrance. fi[ontle Plumbing and Heating ~. Inc, of Fall River has been issued the heating contract. Site work will be done by thfJ Montaup Sand Gravel and Con tkuction Co, of Somerset. ' Ground was broken yesterday MOrning in the first step towards the construction of this modified ~lonial 1:'uilding that will serve the Catholics of the Somerset eommunity. '['he str;:l'~ture that will accom Modate more than 800 worship pers will be built of red blend ~'ick with lime stone trim. Ail
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, On each side of the narthex will' be two 'pairs of large 'doors and each side will have a pair of doors for the convenience of churchgoers. ' A large hall and kitchen will be constructed in the basement of the new building for the social side or'parish life. William M. O'Rourke of War ren, the architect, 11as stated that the entrance will be 200 feet from Luther Ave., and the site will be between the rectory ~nd the present Church.
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Council Agenda Ready, Fathers Study Texts All the business to come up during the fourth and final of the Vatican Council II has now been reviewed and arranged in an orderly form and the texts of the schema ... be discussed have been sent to the Bishops of the world. The last five texts were eent to the Council Fathers 8ft Saturday, June 12, 'toII rether with a letter from leSS ion
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Cody To Chicago Pope Paul VI has appointed the Most Rev. John P. Cody as Archbishop of Chicago. Until now Archbishop Cody has been ArchbishQp of New Orleans. The appoiJ;ltment was an nounced yesterday by Archbish op Egidio Vagnozzi, Apostolic Delegate in the United States. Archbishop Cody succeeds to a See which was left vacant by Turn t~ Page' Twen~y ..
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River, where two boys will be granted their diplomas. Holy Name School, Fall River, will hold its first graduation ex ercises at which 24 boys and 12 girls will forever have the dis tinction of being members of the first class from the Fall River Elementary school. Our Lady of Lourdes School, Taunton, has five grades in session and thus the' first "class will graduate in June, 1968: Throughout 'the' Diocese the ,boys will outnumber the girls graduating classes by one. There will be 926 boys and 923 girls. There are 59 e I erne n tar y, schools in the Diocese of Fall River. During the past year, the total' enrollment amounted 1;1»
Certificates have ,been pre sented to Attleboro Particular Council members of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul at the completion of an Ozanam School of Charity which began in De cember and were held monthly thereafter. ' Special commendation was given to St. T~eresa's Confer ence, South Attleboro, which had the largest representation at the school. Other parishes with Vince ' .. - • '~civing certifi cates were St. John's and St. Joseph's, Attleboro; St. Mary's, Mansfield; Sacred Heart and st. Mary's, North Attleboro; St. Mary's, Norton; S~'. Mary's and Our Lady of Mt. Carmel, See konk.
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Archbishop Pericle Felici, ,Sec ret-ary General of the Council, stating that the document on Religious Liberty will be the first item on the agenda. '['he other subjects to be dis eussed beginning September H are: The Church in the Modern :World, The Missionary Activity of the Church, Priestly Life and Ministry, The Apostolate of the Laity, Divine Revelation, Pas toral Office of the Bishops in the Church, Suitable Renovation of Religions Life (formerly, "On Religious"), Priestly Institutions (formerly, "On Seminaries"} Christian Education, and The Church's Attitude toward Non Christian Religions. ·Discussed First 'rhe documents on Religious Isiberty (54 pages), Missionary Activity (40 pp.) Priests (64 pp.), Church in Modern World (126 pp.) have been so revised at the d.emand of the Fathers of past sessions that they. will have to be discussed and debated on the floor of the Council, then. voted en and amerlded before ,a final "U~tin,t; and Promulgatioll. ~ll1.m.. t. Paae·Eichte. . . '
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'The number of elementary schools in the Diocese will in llI'ease this Fall to 61 at the open-
Facilities for the students .. continue their Catholic educ~ tion are better than at any pre vious time in the Fall Rivei' DiOcese, Rev. Patrick J. O'Neill, Diocesan Superintendent 0 f Schools, noted. Twelve high schools are ia operation in the area. Bishop Feehan High School, Attleboro, will have its first graduat.ioa exercises on Tuesday.
Catholic Women Face Leadership Vacuum PITTSBURGH (NC) - Bishop John J. Wright said Catholic women are confronted with a "vacuum of lead ership" at every level. "It is extremely important to be aware at every turn of the extent and nature of the vacuum into which women leaders dress at the National ' Council of are called to move,Hthe Catholic Women's Institute for bishop of Pittsburgh said Leaders, held at Mount MercT here ill the keynote ad- College.
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Two Fall Riverites to Head N.E. Youth Groups The Diocese of Fall, River today holds the unique distinction of having both the pres~ ident of the New England area of the Catholic Youth OrganIzation and the president of t"he Catholic Yourig Adult Organization. It is the first time in regional history that one diocese has supplied the presidents. of both organizations. Brian Corey of St. Joseph's par ish in Fall River is the new 'h~""k"W/' head of the CYO and Henr~' Gillett of the Immaculate Conception parish, also in Fall River, is the newly elected president of the CYAO group. Both were chosen at the regional sessions last week in Bridgeport, Conn.
The institute, entitled "Ecu.. menical Encounters," was the fourth in a series of seven de signed by the NCCW to traill Catholic women for positions of leadership in their communities. The "vacuum of leadership" could be due to a world crisis in. culture, to a political situation, or to an illusion of democracy that all must have an equal say in leadership, the bishop said. "Where we are all leaders, there is no leadership. In an ef. fort to make out everybody to be a leader, we have created a sed.. ous crisis," he declared. Recalling the words of Pope Pius XI in Quadragesimo Anno -"There is no charity by those who are not concerned with jus tice"-the bishop said it is im portant that women rid them selves of the idea that they are exclusively the architects of charity, while justice is in the hands of men. "The virtue of charity," 'the bishop said, "can never be dis associated from the virtue of jus tice. You must be not only Lady Bountiful but also Lady Justice." Concrete Level Bishop Wright said that on the concrete level, calling' problema of world poverty "acute" is • . make only Ii colorleSs' statement. "But if it is stated iif'temw .t, 4
Corey has served as president of his own parish CYO and also the Fall River area and diocesan CYO. Gillet, who has held the same positions in the' Young Adult group, has also been pr.es ident of the New England Coun cil of Catholic Youth. . Also attending the Connecti cut conclaves were Rev. Walter A. Sullivan, diocesan youth di rector; Miss Mary Cronin, a dio cesan CYO, director and Abel :l.larceline; newly appointed CYO pr0l:raUl director. . .-
Parish School, West Harwich. The Sisters of Mercy have contracted to staff the new ad ditions to the school system af the Diocese. Diocesan examinations start today and will continue until Wednesday of next week. Grad uations will be conducted at a time and place designated by the pastors and Thursday, June 24, is the eariiest day on whick these exercises' may' be held.
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