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ANCHOR An Anchor
Fall Riv~r,
of the Soul, Sur, 4nd li'irm-ST. PAUL
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Vol. 6, No. 26
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ThursdaY6 June' 21, 1962 1962 The Anchor
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PROPOSED NOVITIATE FOR THE DOMINICAN SISTERS OF CHARITY'
Fall River Hospital Nuns to Enlarge Community, ConstlrQlJ~tion Begins on' New Dighton Novitiate Mother General Therese des Anges, O.P~, of the Dominican Sisters of Charity announced today at St. Anne's JIospital, Fall River, that contracts for the new Novitiate in Dighton have been awarded. Agostini Construction Co., Inc. of Pawtucket is in charge of general construction and the Chace Electric Co. o{Fall River and the Magenson Plumbing Co. of New future on this new novitiate of a . lobby, several small classBedford will be the electri- contemporary architecture. The rooms, two offices, two recepcal and plumbing contrac- entire building, said the Mother tion rooms, and a visitor's suite. The second '£loor will provide tors respectively. Construc- General, will be a white brick
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'sions, 11 seminars arid seven' workshops will, constitute .the · STUDY NOVITIATE PI.ANS: Reverend· Mother .Gen- na·tional convention program·ac0;t'al Therese 'des Anges: seated, ~how's-the plans: to Mother' :,.~or~ing'to.· ail ,. anh01,lll'cement Marje, left; superior at St. Ann'e's Hospital,. Fall River; a.rid made today by Rev. Raymond ho W. McCarthy,' Diocesan Direc~ister Mary Patricia, ~ former nu.r~ at the hospit~l and tor of the Family' Life Bureau. ~w a missionary in Iraq. '. ' in making the announcement, . Fa,ther McCarthy gave the fol-,'lowing survey of attendance at , • programs in the Fall River , , . Diocese. Pre-Cana Conferences had 1329 couples present, Cana " . .' . ' . Conferences ser;veci 874 couples . ; . .. .. '. and 937 high school juniors and VATICAN CITY (NC)-Cardmals headmg,the Second seniors attended the Lenten Vatican Gouncil's 'prep.aratory commi.ssions have wound up , Forums; . . ~he work of their commissions by presenting proposals to· Special progra~s' C!n Family \he handled by the council itself: The proposals; 8ubril.itt.ed . Turn to Page Seventeen
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00 the seventh and final ses-. lJion of the Central Preparatory Commission, touched a wide range of subjects.
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Pretty Janne Gallagher, 15, a junior at St. Mary's High, Taunton, will telescope her senior year of high school and freshman year at college under a plan for superior students now in its second year at Trinity College, Washington, D.C~ College' officials explained that only a very few girls are invited to participate in the program. They are selected on the basis of colcourses for credit while still atlege board entrance examintending secondary school. ation 'scores,high school recJanne expects to see quite a bit of Ann Turner, of North ords and recommendation of teachers and principals. Janne will enter Trinity in . the Fall. and pursue: I?-0rmal freshman courses, but. "':111 ~e .tur':l ,t?, the Jlew gIr1~ hIgh schQ?l III Taun~on nextfune to receive her dIploma WIth her class,. "I'll go ,to all the Senior Week exercises - the'prom and everything," rejoiced the hazel:-eyed blonde. The daughter of Mr. and Mrs. 'James L. Gallagher of 100 Dean Street, Taunton, explained that, . so far as she knows, only a few Ivy League colleges have early en t ran c e plans similar to Trinity's. She knows of no other Catholic colleg~ offering the program, although some Cali.fornta..institutions permit ,high· school seniors to take c()llege
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boro, will be among attendants at' an area Christian Family Movement convention to be tlE;ld Friday throUgh' Sunday, Aug. 10 to 12, at Newton College of the Sacreci Heart under Sponsorship of the Bosto~ Federation of the organization. 'Featured speakers will be Monsignor Francis J. Lally, editor of The Pilot, Boston Diocesan newspaper; Monsignor Paul Valente, Family Life Director of Buffalo, New York; Father Ron_ aId Normandeau, Area Chaplain and Family Life Director of Portland, Maine, and Donald 'rllDrman, editor of ACT, CFM · . Turn to ,Page ';l'welve
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people 9f those.' countries themselves. For the United States to intervene on' this basis would involve a 'kind of patriotism which I think they would find objectionable." The President' 'commented in reply ,to 'il press conference query concerning it report, "Does Over-Population Mean .
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piocesan Couples Expect to Attend Boston CFM Meet parishes, Fall River, and St. John the Evangelist, Attle-
, WASHINGTON (NC) - President ~ennedy says the solution to proplems of ovet-population should be solved by individual,' countries and "cannot be determined by the actions of another country.": "This problem," the nation's chief e,xeciItive'emphasized, Po' rt "H " k d h" ".' l' '.' t t" ' '. l ' ve y. e was as e IS mvo ve~ ~mp?r an. s,~cIa, 'attitude regarding the recomand . economIC.' questIons mendation of government rewhich must be solved by the search, on fertility' control and
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Among them were the ordination of converts who had been ministers of their previous religipn and the preparations neceshary for worthy reception of Matrimony and Holy Orders. Turn to Page Eighteen
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Dighton, also to enter Trinity this Fall. Ann, who graduated last week from Sacred He~rts Academy, Fall River, was offered the early entrance plan last year, but elected to complete . her senior year at· Sacred Hearts. Janne, a member of 5t. Mary's parish, Taunton, attended its grammar sChool. High school interests have included the Sodality of Our Lady, the National Honor SocietY and work as a library aide. She has served as school representative to The A n c hoI' and the Taunton Gazette: ' , Summer plans for ambitious Janne include a tl,ltoring course , in trigonometry in Osterville, where the family has a Summer bome. But there'll be. lots of Turn to Page Eighteen
expanded technical assistance to under - developed countries seeking to solve problems of over-population. . "I haven't seen those recommendations," the President told the inquiring newsman. "I've always said from, the beginning that these were matters. which ev~ry country must deCIde for. itself." Continuing President Kennedy declared: "This is a matter which each individual, each family, each country must determine and cannot be determined by the actions of another country." When Mr. Kennedy was campa!gning for the presidency in December 1959, he stated it would be "a mistake for the U.S. government to advocate the limitation of the population of underdeveloped countries."
Desire Two-Week Hosts for Needy N.Y. Youngsters Catholics of the Diocese are participating in the New York Herald Tribune Fresh Air Fund, through whiCh h~ndreds
of needy New York City children are guests in ',New England homes for a two week period' during the Summer months. In operation since 1877,. the program has reached thousands of !lhildren through the years and some host families are now in their third generation of welcoming "Fresh Airs." . Sponsored in Fall River, New Bedford and Cape Cod by' units of the Kiwanis Club, the program. is chairmanned in Fall Turn to Page Tw:elve