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The ANCHOR Fall'River, Mass., Thursday, June 20, 1963 Vol. 1, No. 26 ©
1963 The Anchor
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Calls American Ecumenical Gains Benevolent Explosion ATLANTA (NC) - Augustine Cardinal Bea, S.J., reg-ards the growth of the ecumenical movement in the United States as a "benevolent explosion." Cardinal Bea, head of the Vatican's Secretariat for Promoting Christian Unity, says it is "clear evi terfaith meeting at Harvard dence of the fruitful ener University and visiting several giel'l, ready for every type of eastern cities, said the ecumeni good, which lie hidden in cal climate in the United States American Catholicism and only "has improved in an absolutely wait to be aroused." surprising manner." The German Jesuit Cardinal He noted he received over expressed his views on ecu 70 U.S. speaking invitations menism, the Church in the U.S. which he had tQ decline, 20 from and other subjects in a copy non-Catholic sources and the righted interview with Arch others from Catholic organiza bishop Paul J. Hallinan of tions all over the country. Atlanta, published in the Geor Referring to the general pro gia Bulletin, archdiocesan new.- ,gress of ecumenism, he em:' paper. ' phasized "the most urgent task" Cardinal Bea, who spent 10 . of the moment is "the spreading days in the United States earlier of the ecumenical aPQstolate this year, taking part in an in- among Catholics by carrying it into every diocese, every parish,
to every social group or profes
sion, into the life, no matter how
'humble it is, of each of the
faithful." ,
He voiced the "lively hope"
that American Catholics will
bring the "energy and vigor"
Every llarish in the Dio they have shown in other fields
eese will mark the election to ecumenical work. The Ger Jesuit Prince of the Church day of the successor to Pope man said he realizes the large num John XXIII with a solemn ber and diversity of religious ~vening service of than~9giving. Tum to Page Eleven NQtice of the service, to consist of the recitation of the Te Deum and Benediction, was contained among the directives from the Most Reverend Bishop to be observed following the election Of. the Sovereign Pontiff. When the nAws is received of Che election of the new Pope, The Supreme Court's de ehurch bclls should be rung in cision against Bible reading a festive manner. Other instructions direct that and the Lord's Prayer in the name of the new Pope is to public schools drew mixed be inserted in the canon of the reaction from religious leaders, Mass. Each priest of the Diocese with Catholic prelates among is to say one Mass of Thanks the most, critical. giving. Ranking Protestant and Jew The "Ql'atio imperata pro eli ish organizations endorsed the gendo Summo Pontifice" ceases The National Council decision. on the day of the Pope's election. Turn to Page Eighteen Turn to Page Eighteen
Solemn Services In All Churches Election Day
Decision of 'Court Has DQngerous Implications .
TELL TALE: All eyes will be focused upwards as this pipe, outside the Sistine Chapel, bellows forth smoke - white smoke signifies that the world has a new Pope, while black smoke will indicate that the voting did not arrive at a two-thirds ne,cessary for the election of a Supreme Pontiff. Ballots are counted twice before burning.
Cardinals Are Now Balloting To Elect Supreme Pontiff Of Five Hundred Million By Rev. Edward J. Mitchell Poking out above the roof of the Sistine Chapel these days is the end of a 90 foot piece of stove pipe that serves as the conclave's com munication bridge to the out side world. In the age of tel evision· and Telestar, the stove pipe and its telltale puffs of smoke (black for a stalemate, and white to signal the election of a new pope) seem like the quaint but whiskered vestiage of an era long passed. But if this Middle Ages' relay system announces a successor as progressive as John XXIII, the world will be happy to strahi its eyes for that elusive wisp of smoke. These last pre-election days,
Prelate to Ordain Acushnet Man Ceremony on Feast of Sacred Heart Rev. Clement R. Beaulieu, 5S.Ce., of St. Francis Xavier parish, Acushnet will be or dained a priest of the Con gregation of the Sacred Hearts tomorrow, the Feast of
the Sacred Heart, a,t Queen of Peace Mission Seminary in Jaf frey Center, N. H. The Holy Priesthood will be conferred by the Most Rev. Ernest J. Primeau,
D.O., S.T.D., Bishop of Manches ter. The newly ordained is the son
of Mr. and Mrs. Romeo Beaulieu of 268 Main Street. He was grad uated from St. Francis Xavier School and having oompleted a year at St. Anthony's High
School entered the Sacred Hearts Fathers Seminary to continue his high school. Following two years of college lit the Catholic University. Wasb.-
BEV. BROTHER BEAULIEU
ington, he entered Saered Ream Novitiate in Fairhaven. In 1957 he' pronounced his first vows and began his philosophical studies. For the past four years he has been studying Theology at Queen of Peace Seminary in Jaffrey Center. Brother Beau. lieu has also attended Summer sessions at St. Michael's College, Winooski, Vt., where he majored in chemistry. The young priest will cele brate his first Solemn Mass at St. Francis Xavier Church at 11 A.M. Sunday, June 30. Very Rev. William McClenahan, SS.CC., will be assistant priest; Rev. Aurele Pepin, SS.CC., deacon; Brother S t e p hen Harding, SS.CC., sub-deacon. The sermon will be preached by Rev. Eu. gene R. Robitaille, SS.CC., Vice Provincial of the Sacred. Hearts I'athers.
however, do have their conso lations. In the gruelling pres sure of the final exams at the' universities, in the emotionally dr'aining expe rience 'of Pope John's de a t h and burial, in the whirlwind bus tie of the opening of the conclave a source of nev er-ending comic relief has been the papal spec ulation of Rome's eleven daily newspapers. In headlined front pal~e stories the dailies have been "scien. tifically" trying to dedde who the next pope will be. They have profoundly analyzed the ages of the cardinals, the num ber of letters in their names, their nationalities, their ill nesses, their coats-of-arms, their size-s-and just about every. thing else that can be analyzed.. The citizens of Rome, to be sure, are taking all this printed pope-making qui t e seriously. And with good reason. For in the early centuries of the Church, the people of Rome had an actual voice in the
choice of their bishop. ''The pope is the Bishop of Rome," a taxi driver reminded me today, "he is our bishop!" Romans no longer choose their bishop. But no one can stop them from guessing about his identity. And to help the Romans to formulate their knowing prediction, the local newspapers (including the two Communist dailies) have left no stone unturned. At this point an example is called for. In a feature story in yesterday's influential after noon paper, Giornale d'Italia, correspondent Filippo Pucci waa crushed. that be had. to re-
port to his readers that GlacomG Cardinal Lercaro (the paper'. favorit4:\ son for pope) has sched uled a First Communion service in his diocese of Bologna on June 23. Pucci draws two conclusions: that Cardinal Lercaro foresees a short conclave, and that he has ruled himself out as the next pope. But then a ray of hope comes to Pucci: the pope could cancel his First Commun ion class, or better still hold it in the Vatican! Having survived this first hurdle in his journalistic "Per. ils of Pauline," Correspondent Pucci next reassures us that Cardinal Lercaro has all the earmarks of the next pope. Pucci writes: "Cardinal Giaco.. mo Lercaro has many points in common with Pope Benedict XV: -he has the same baptismal name, ,James; they are both natives of Genoa; both came to Turn to Page Eighteen
Richmond Limits Size of Classes To 50 Pupils RICHMOND (NC) - The Richmond diocesan school board has told Cat h 0 Ii e schools to limit classrooms to 50 pupils beginning in the 1964-65 school year.
No school is to schedule double sessions, the Board di rected.
The board vQted to drop the annual diocesan girls' basketball tournament after the 1963-64 school year. Girls teams can continue regular season play.
The Board also reminded that post-prom affairs are not per mitted under school auspices and that all graduation activitie. must be ended Dot later than midni~t
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