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The ,ANCHOR An Anchor of the Soul, Sure'and Firm-ST. PAUL
fall River, Mass."
Vol. 3" No. 26
rhursday, June 25, 1959
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No. Fairhaven Parish Plans Golden J'ubileeBy Avis Roberts The Golden Anniversary of Sacred Hearts Chur~h, North Fairhaven, will be observed Sunday, July 5, at' the church and later 'at a banquet at Gaudette'.s P~vilion, Acushnet. The Most Rev. James L. Connolly, D.D., Bishop of Fall River, will preside .' , only surviving member of a band at 10 o'clock Solemn High of three mission~ries who 'cam'e Mass, Sunday morning, £01- to Fairhaven in i905 from Livlowing a procession from erpool, El1g1and. Sacred Hearts School. Celebrant of the Mass will be Rev. Thaddeus 'Bouhuysen, SS.CC., pastor. It will be sung by the Senior Choir and children of the school, with Gerard PelletIer as organist.
A speaker at the banquet will the Rev. Stanislaus Bernard, 5S.CC., chaplain of 'Sacred ~earts ,Academy, Fair~aven, and
Another speaker scheduled is' Very Rev. William Condon, SS.CC., superior of S~cred Hearts Monastery, Fairhaven. There will also be entertainment ~nd music. Father "Thaddeus is honorary . chairman of the program. Louis Rogissart is general, chairman and toastmaster and Aldei ·Mont/ ,Turn to Page:
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Diocesan $-chool Picnic. Great Social Success Approximately 17,000 children attending the first Diocesan Schools Picnic, whooped it up Monday and Tuesday in giant parties at Lincoln Park, North Dartmouth, their spirits dampened only slightly -by small rain squalls. About 8,000 from 27 schools Bishop Gerrard' were present in the Greater Fall River both days, and the marvelous and Attleboro areas congre- spirit of cJ-.ildren were mani. gated at the park Monday, fested in the gleam of the eyes and 9,000 youngsters from 28 schools in Greater New Bedford and Taunton attended festivities Tuesday.' Bishop Connolly and Auxiliary
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Fall River Maryknoller Advises Youngsters to Serve Ma,nkind An unusual career, including seven years as assistant at St. Joseph's parish, Fall River, and nearly two score years as a missionary priest, is that of Rev. John E. Morris, M.M. Now visiting a long-time friend, Rt. -Rev. J. Joseph Sullivan,' pastor of Sacred Heart parish, Fall River, Father lV(orris will return next month to his assignment as superior of Maryknoll's promotion headquarters in Seattle, Wash. His territory includes Washington, Oregon, Idaho and Montana. He travels constantly through the four states, preaching, lecturing and showing films and slides on the work of Maryknoll. .
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Father Morris, a native of SS. Peter and Paul parfsh, Fall River, attended St. Mary's Seminary, Baltimore. St. Joseph's parish was his first and only assignment in the, Diocese. While there he was manager of the parish's ,baseball team, which won many outstanding victories. Today, 38' years later, he is still well remembered.by older members of St. Jos~ph's. The call of mission fields, Tul'o &0 l'age ~i&'hteeD
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EN ROUTE TO EUROPE: Three Superiors of the Holy Union of the Sacred Hearts have ,left for, Rome to participate in the election of a Superior General. Left to right are Rev. Mother Gabriel Clare, Rev. Mother Mary William; Provincial, and Rev. Mother Ann Joseph. '
Third Percentage The Diocese of Fall River, with 56 per cent Catholics, had the third highest percentage of Cat!:lolic population in the nation, based on proportion of Catholics to total population, . according to statistics in the 1959 National Catholic Directory. The Directory places the Catholic population of the Diocese at 250,356 in a total population of 445,060• By a slight percentage, the Diocese of Lafayette, La., leads the nation with 358,173 ,Catholics in a total population of 584,400; for a percentage, , of .6128, while the Diocese of .. Providence, R. r., has a percentage of .6126, with a Catholic population of 507,238 in a total population of. 828,000. , Total population for the Diocese 'of Lafayette is up 12,156 Turn to Page Eighteen
Holy Union Nuns' Sail for Europe
Diocese Looking' for' Home For Young Hungarian Girl
. A 16 year old Hungarian girl, proficient in German, Russian, Hungarian and English, is looking for a home in the United States. Rev. John E. Boyd, Diocesan Resettl~ , merit Director, is trying to help her find it. "She is separated from home and family as a teen-agel'. The National Catholic , result of "the Hungarhlnup- Welfare' Conference will sponsor rising," he said, "and needs her trip from Hungary to an a .. sponsor in the United American port of entry, said
States who will guarantee her Father Boyd, and the host family will arrange for her transportasupport while she finshes her With attendance'· at the Holy tion f,om thence. education and fits herself for Union General ChapterJn Rome Father Boyd was asked to take employment." . her ultimate goal, Reverend The girl is in the equivalent a personal interest in this case, Mother Mary W.illiam: provincial one of hundred:; similar, because of first year high school. She superior of the Immaculate needs the same family warmth or' the great success the Fall Heart Province of" ~e Holy, and protection as an American Turn to Page Eighteen Union of the Sacred Hearts, is en route to Europe. Her itinerary will include pilgrimages to Marian shrines and visits to Holy Union European convents. Accompanying her are the elected delegates, to the chapter, Mother Gabriel Clare Two young women from this Diocese have been reTurn to p~g,e Eighteen ceived as novices in the Maryknoll Sisters. A. third has
Two New Bedford' Girls Enter Maryknoll Sisters' Novitiate
Bishops to' Greet Students of New High Tomorrow 'First assembly of the boys and girls who will enter Bishop Stang High School in September will be held at 2:30 P.M. tomorrow in Kennedy Memorial Auditorium, County Street, New Bedford, Rev. Edward J. Gorman, Superintendent of Diocesan Schools, announces. Most Rev, James L. Connolly, D.D., Bishop 'of the Diocese; Most Rev. James J. Gerrard, D.O., V.G., Auxiliary Bishop, and Sister Agnes Marguerite of the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur, teachers in the. new school, will be present to greet the students. . Purpose of the meeting is to discuss the program for the students in the Fall. Father Gorman suggests that, st1,.ldents bring their last report card, which will be collected during the meeting.
pronounced her first vows. The novices are Barbara Higgihs, to be known as Sister M. Leo Francis and LOll ise Mahoney, to be Sister Louise Virginia. Sister Christiana Maria, .the former Hon'ora Lucille Felix, pronounced her first vows at ceremoniel held, in the Maryknoll Motherhouse, Maryknoll, N. Y.
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Both novices are from St. Lawrence's parish, New Bedford, and attended Holy Family High School. Sister" M. Leo Francis, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Leo e. Higgins, 27 Evelyn Street, completed nurses' training and served in the United States Air Force for almost two years before entering religion. She has a sister a member at. the Sisters of Mercy, Sis"ter Marie de Prague, and one brother, Anthony Higgins. Sister Louise Virginia, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Francis C. Mahoney, 43 State Street, graduated from Amherst College and BOston College. She took adTurn to Page Fourteeo
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