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THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Thurs. June 19, 1975
BISHOP CRONIN INSTALLS PROVINCIAL OFFICERS: On Saturday afternoon , Most Rev. Daniel A. Cronin, S.T.D., Bishop of .the Diocese of Fall River, installed the Provincial Officers of the Sisters of Providence, St. Raphael Province.. Left photo: Bishop conducts ceremony of installation for, Sr. Thomasine Griffin, S.P., foreground, the new provincial with Mother Mary ~egnier, S.P., Superior General, far left. Right photo: Principals of the '
Priest Offers f'ather's Mass Rev. Msgr. Anthony M. Gomes, pa&tor of Our Lady of Angels' Parish, Fall River, was' the principal celebrant of a Mass for Christian Burial on Tuesday, June 17, offered for his father, Antonio J. Gomes, who died on .Tune 13. Mr. Gomes, 89, was born in Madeira, the son of the late Manuel J. and the late Augusta ,Gomes. He came to the U. S. in 1910 and retired as a loomfixer in Taunton in 1960. He i& survived by his wife, Maria, N.· Baptista Gomes, Msgr. Anthony M. Gomes, two other sons, a brother, a 'sister and four grandchildren. Most Rev. James J. Gerrard, Auxiliary Bishop of Fall River, led a large delegation of diocesan priests at the funeral on Tuesday morning at Holy Family Church in Taunton and presided over the Committal Prayers'.
Nec'rology JUNE 27 Rev. John Corry, 1863, Founder, St. Mary, Taunton; Founder, St. Mary, Fall River Rev. Dario Raposo, 1933, Pastor, Our Lady of LOurdes, Taunton JUNE 28 Rev. Thomas C. Gunning, 1947, Assistant, St. Lawrence' I New Bedford JUNE 30 Rev. Alphonse Reniere, O.P., 1961, Dominican Priory, Fall River JULY 2
Rev. Gerard A. Boisvert, 1967, Assistant, Notre Dame, Fall River JULY 3
Rev. Thomas P. Doherty, 1942, Pastor, St. Kilian, New Bedford
installation ceremony, Sr. Eileen Mary Cunningham, S.P., new Provincial, Councillor; Sr. Anna Rose Harrington, S.P., outgoing provincial; Mother Mary Piur Regnier, S.P., Superior General from St. Mary-of-the-Woods, Indiana; Bishop Cronin, installing prelate and homilist at the Mass; Sr. Thomasine Griffin, S.P., newly installed provincial; Sr. Eileen Ann Kelley, S.P., newly elected councillor.
Doctor Says Naturl!'l Family, Planning Is Not 'Vatican Roulette' WASHINGTON (NC)-Natural family planning is not "Vatican Roulette," a leading obstetrician and gynecologist told a Hou&e subcommittee. New methods of natural family planning are "as effective as many artificial methods and more accurate than most," ac<:'ording to Dr. WilHam Lynch of Boston, chairman of the science committee of the Human Lif.e Foundation, who has spoken in the Falll River diocese several times. The Human Life Foundation was established in 1968 by the the American Catholic bishops to sponsor research and education in natural family planning. Dr. Lynch testified before the House appropriations subcommittee .on behalf of proposed govemment funding of research in natural fami~y planning. The testimony came about two weeks after Sen. Birch Bayh (D-Ind.),chairman of a Senate subcommittee hearing tetimony on proposed constitutional amendments to prohibit abortion, caUed on the Department of Health, Education and Welfare to increase research in both natural and artificial methods of birth control as an alternative to abt>tlion. ~Dr. Philip Corfman, ~irector of the Center for Population Research of the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, has requested $1 million a year for natural family Dr. Lynch said COl"1fman has called natural 'fami:y planning "highly effective" and that Dr. Louis Hellman, deputy .._.III1"""'",,,n,.,,"..,,,,,,,,,,,,,,",..,,,,,,,',,,,Il,.,,,...."'0I1..... THE ANCHOR Second Class Postage Paid at Fall' River; Mass. Published every Thursday at 410 Highland Avenue, Fall River, Mass. 02722 by the Catholic Press of the Diocese of Fall River. Subscription price by mail, postpaid $5.00 per year. _~
assistant secretary of Health, Education and Welfare for population, has called it "acceptable." Dr. Lynch told the subcommittee that natural family planning is the subject of work by serious scientists and teaohers from all over the world. He noted that the Human Life Foundation in early May had hosted a conference on natural family planning that included members of the Ford Foundation, Rockefeller'; Foundation, Population Counc·il, Family Planning .International Assistance, the U. S. Agency for International Development, the National Institute of Child Health and Development and the World Health Organization. "People talk about 'rhythm'rhythm was 1926," Lynch told NC News. Four Indicators He sa'id the most modern method of natural family planning involves a combination of .four dif.ferent indicators of ovu:fation and a six-month program of education for a couple. This program helps a woman and her husband to understand the women's own system, he said. Dr. Lynch said the latest combination form of family planning ,involves: -Temperature rhythm which indi<:ates when ovulation ha& taken place,
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-A sensation of "middle pain" which indicates when ovulation is about to take place. -A visual change in the woman's mucus discharge whkh has a difference te'sture before, during and after ovulation; -A subjectively felt change in the mucus (Billings method). This combination of indicators can make natural family planning as effective as the intrauterIne device (IUD) or the pill, Dr. Lynch said. Two adv.antages to natural family planning, he said, are 'that it has no known side ef·fects. "It does nothi·ng to the patient," and can lead to per~ , sonal growth, he said. "The 'training sessions prior to autonomous practice of the natural methods present excellent opportunities for both individualS and couples to explore and develop fundamental iltti.tudes toward themselves and each other," he added.
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Mark Bicentennial Bicentennial activities planned for July at Salve Regina College, Newport, include a college credit course, "The Process of NationBuilding," and a four-part series of popular events of patriotic interest, open to the public at no charge. They are a flag exhibit Tuesday, July 1; a concert of American hymns directed by C. Alexander Peloquin Sunday, July 6; a Black Heritage Trilogy the weekend of July 11; and a concert of songs and stories from presidential campaigns Sunday, July 20. Further information on all events is available from the college.
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