Serving Youth for
50 Years
Cathedral Camp Marks Jubaee Fr. Walter A. Sullivan, Director, Expects Best Season in Half Century
By Patricia McGowlln Counselors are at Cathedral Camp, East Freetown, today. On Sunday they'll be joined by the first of hun-
dreds of boys who'll enjoy its facilities this summer. And it will be a special summer, marking the 50th year I Cathedral has been in operation. Rev. Walter A. Sullivan, camp director, says the feast of the - - Assumption, Aug. 15, will mark a highpoint in the anniversary observance. In 'addition to traditional Bishop's Day ceremonies, there'll be a concelebrated Mass, with as many priest-alumni of the camp as possible participating. Since most priests of the diocese were An Anrhor of the Soul, Sure and Firm-St. Pall I Cathedral counselors as seminarians, the event should prove a gala reunion. Cathedral Camp, now on the Thursday, 'June 26, 1969 shores of Lake Apponequet, 13 漏 1969 Price 10c miles from New Bedford and 17 26 $4.00 per year from Fall River, was preceded
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by temporary camps at Horseneck Beach, Tiverton, Fogland and Westport, all directed by Rev. Francis McKeon. The number of boys attending the camping sessions increased yearly, and in 1919 the Lakeside Park in East Freetown was rented for a month from the Eastern Massachusetts Street Railway. Camp was conducted for boys for a two-week session and for girls for one week. The following year the Diocese purchased the Lakeside Park property 1;lnd offered camping for one month for boys and one month for girls. In 1921 a dining room was added to the main camp building. Previously, meals had been served in a tent. In 1922 it was decided to use the facilities for retreats when camp was not in session, and in December of that year work was begun on a chapel and retreat house. The first priests' retreat was conducted in May of 1923; and in 1936 additions were made Turn to Page Three
50 YEARS LAl'ER: Father Sullivan, present director, discusses camp life with Monsignor McKeon, camp founder.
Pope Paul Reaffirms Place of Doctrine and Bishops Speaking on the occasion of the sixth anniversary of his pontificate, Pope Paul' made two strong paints: he decried the atfempts Of some to change and lessen basic church doctrine; and he pointed to a lack of confidence by some in the Pope and bishops who, under a mandate from Christ, unite and guide the people of God. The Pope indicated that the Church is quite ready and willing to change those elements in and of the Church that are legislative and not doctrinal when there are reasons for so doing. But he insisted that the "deposit of faith that the Church has inherited from its apostolic origin" cannot be changed or lessened or ignored as some have been 路trying to do.
As examples of the change that has taken place and that will be taking place the Pope singled out the World Synod of Bishops that will take place in the Fall which will present for consideration all sorts of opinions differing from his own. Over' many past months there has been a series of documents revising various Vatican organizations and spelling out their functions and duties. Non-Italians are being brought into Curia positions. The Pope also spoke of the "lack of confidence" shown by some Catholics in the Pope and in his aides and bishops. He said that he hears the criticisms with "sentiments of humility and sincere objectivity."
It is' unfortunate that some Catholics within the Church have shown resentment of the Pope and bishops in their exercise of their mission as the only teachers in the Church. There has
. Urges Assistance For So. America In a letter read last weekend in all the churches of the diocese, Bishop Connolly has made a special appeal for aid for our brothers-in-need. Stressing the extraordinarily high rate of poverty, sickness, squalor and ignorance, the Bishop appealed to all to supplement the sacrificies Turn to Page Six
been a tendency even among some priests and theologians and religious to downplay this Godgiven role of the bishaps of the Church, a role which cannot be taken by any other person however well-qualified he may think himself to be. The structure of the Church, as established by Christ, makes the Pope and the bishops the Church's teachers and guides. Another danger in the Church is an attitude that would brush aside the importance of unchanging and unchangeable doctrines and question these, not in an attempt to see them the more clearly, but in an attack at their objective truth and importance. Once again, there are those in
Saturday Mass Well Received In Diocese
Pastors Observe Synod a I Laws
. Saturday Mass attendance in fulfillment of the Sunday Mass obligation is being re'ceived with great enthu-
Ten veteran monsignorpastors have submitted their resignations to Most Rev. James L. Connolly, Bishop of Fall River. Resignations, in accordance with diocesan pro-synodal statutes, are acted upon as pastoral need indicates. The diocesan statutes require the submission of resignations when priests reach their 75th birthday. The acceptance of any resignation rests with the Ordinary. Rev. Msgr. Albert Berube, pastor of St. Anthony, New Bedford, resignation submitted on August 31, 1968. Rev. Msgr. Alfred Bonneau, Pastor of Notre Dame de Lourdes, Fall River, resignation submitted on April 26, 1967. Rev. Msgr. Joseph A. Cournoyer, pastor of St. Michael, Ocean Grove, resignation submitted on June 18, 1969. Rev. Msgr. James Dolan, pasTurn to Page Three
the Church, even some calling themselves theologians, who are .confusing the faithful by either questioning basic beliefs or discussing these in terms that the faithfUl do not understand. It is the role of theologians to try to develop deeper insights into doctrines and to see their fuller ramifications, but in the process the language used and points of view expressed can easily con-. fuse and can infer that the doctrines themselves have changed radically. The Pope insists that the teachings 'of the Church must be seen and understood in their objective truth and that those who mislead the faithful along these lines carry a heavy burden of responsibility.
$3,500 GIFT: Rev. John F. Hogan, Director of the New Bedford Welfare Bureau, presents check for $3,500 from Most Rev. James L. Connolly, -0.0., Bishop of Fall River, to West End Youth Center in New Bedford for work among black's. Left to right, Father Hogan, Assistant West End Youth ~enter Director Ronald J. Cruz, New Bedford tv\ayor Edward F. Harrington, Mrs. Duncan Dottin of Onboard, and West End Youth Center Director Errol Brooks.
siasm by the faithful in all sections of the Fall River Diocese. Pastors from Mansfield to Provincetown in the 1,194 square mile See report large congregations at the Saturday night mass which must be celebrated between 4 and 8. The pastors report that Saturday mass attendance, during the four weeks that the new policy has been in effect, represents a cross - section of parishioners, from young to the elderly. The pastors in Summer resort areas of the diocese expect that the Saturday mass policy will alleviate crowding and overflow congregations. The Saturday evening mass schedule for the resorts areas of the diocese follows: 5:00
St. Margaret, Buzzards Bay; Turn to Page Thirteen