The Church Needs 'Fevver Detractors'
CU1~mpion
E p use Cause More to Stress the Positive
DAYTON (NC) - Th0 modern Church is faced with "an oblique and subtle per secution" carried on in the pres~ by a small minority of her own membel's, accol'ding t-o Father Cornelius C. Bei'R ing of this Ohio Community. a member of the Catholic Poverty Commission. Addressing the nationall convention of the U,O{)O member Catholic Ladies @f
Columbia, Father Berning attacked those "highly de rogatory and destructive" articles, written by priests, nuns, and laymen, which are "undermining the Church's authority, strength and in fluence," He indicated that the spir it of renewal envisaged by Pope John XXIII is far re moved from the "spirit of iconoclasm which pervades
the modern atmosphere." "Too many Catholics are paying too n;uch heed to de tractors and critics of the Church," Father Berning stressed, "Bitter critics are focusing attention on the Church's "weaknesses and failings'and are ignoring her true goodne'ss and great ness" and her tt'emendous contributions to culture and civilization.
"The old institl) tions are condemned and criticized for being outmoded and mori bund. Statistics are quoted indicating a decline in n ligious vocations, the loss <l\ faith by ,thousands, and th. death of Catholic school S)'g. tem. To read some of our Catholic papers~ you would think that the Church is Zl little Mafia." 1.'urn to Page Nineteen
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Bishop Celebrates Requiem Noo For
Fr.
Gerard Boisvert
"Father Boisvert was a man of many talents and a multiplicity of virtues, but the outstanding characteristics of the late St. Anthony's curate were his unwavering loy altv and obedience to God, his ,Church and his Bishop,'" In 'such a manner did Rev. ' Lucien Jusseaume,· assistant been published in the press. . ' Sacred Heart Church, "He was' a well qualified· priest - ecumenically minded, New Bedford, s,ummariz~ the liturgically spirited and theo . , priestly life elf Rev. Gerand logically sound." , Boisvert: In conclusion, the: eulogist Delive'ring the eulogy at '·St. petitioned for prayers 'and em Anthony's Church, New Bed- phasized that in our sor.ro:W,at "rd, on Wedllesday morning.
Father' Jusseaume took for his Turn to Page Silt
~xt the beautiful and mean
ingful offertory antiphon of the
Mass for deceased priests.
Recalling Scriptural texts on the uncertainty of death, Father .lusseaume painted a picture of how the deeply spiritual priest is always prepared for the can ~rom this life. "Just a few weeks ago", the eulogiest . stated "this deeply seeded virtue on Father Bois ved's life was exemplified by hill own words at Jesus Mary Academy in Fall River. Caned to lectul'e of the encyclical of Pope Paul, Father Boisvert said, "I stand here not through com petence but through obedience' ". Fathel' Boisvert was not an
unchangeable traditionalist, Fa
tiler Jusseaume stated, nor was
lie all imprudent innovator,
nther he was the well-balaneedl
Jlriest always manifestine sound!
jud~cment and patiently await
ing the final approval of hill
supt'l'iors before carrying olJlfl
8D¥ directives that miBht ll1aV'~ FATHER BOlISVIEIIl'Jl'
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P?pe Gi~es t High Praise To U. S.
The ANCHOR VoL 11, No. 27
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Dighton Man ~s Named Dean At Marquette
Dr'. Edward D. Simmons, 42, a native of North Digh tOil, has been nam~d acting dean of the graduate school[ o~ Marquette University. . , , 'Son of Mr. and Mrs. Percy B. 'Simmons of 224 Lincoln Ave'.. m~mbers of St. Josep~'s parish, North Dighton, Dr. Simmons is also the chairman of the Mar quette University philOSophy de partment, of whose faculty he has been a member· since 1952. He was awarded bachelor of
arts and bachelor of sacred the
ology degrees by St. Mary Uni
vel·sity. Baltimore, and a master
of arts and doctorate in philos-
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VATICAN CITY (NC)-, In audiences granted to 1,000 Americans who had ac companied the newly eleva ted U.S. Cardinals to Rome and in a semi-private audience to 'Whitney Young, president of the National Urban League, Pope Paul praised U.S. Catholics and lauded efforts in the U.S. to work for racial harmony. The Pope paid high tribute to U. S. Catholics and to their efforts in all fields of Catho lic life. "The Catholic Church in your country," "the Pope told the Americans present, "has dis tinguished itself in many ways and the new cardinals reflect these magificient qualities so admired by all. , "The U.S. has set an example by' extending aid to the suf fering and to developing nations aU over the world. Cllrdinal 0' Boyle, at the urging of the hier,. aichYjhelp~d to orga~ize a very efficient and effective"'relief orTu;n to Pag~ '~i1!=
FATHER BENSON
Fall River Jesuit New Headmaster AtCramwell Prep Father James A. BensoVll" S.J., a Fall River native, has been appointed headmastell' of Cranwell School, Leno~ Mass. where he has been servine: as chail'man of· the English De partment. Son of Mrs. Ann C. BensoL1. . and the late James A. Benson" the Jesuit educator was borro M;lf(~h 3, 1925. ,After graduatio!:l Turn to .P~ge" Nineteen
.Father Demers, Swansea Curate, Navy ChQplain Father Richard P. Demers,
assistant at St. Michael's,
Swansea, since Feb. 7, 1964,
has been commissioned a
lieutenant junior grade in .the
,U. S. Navy and reported Monday for eight weeks' training at Navy Chaplain School, Newport. Pre-embarkation training for
21 days will follow at Camp
Pendleton, Calif., after which
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AT CHAPLAINS' SCHOOL: Rev. Richard Defilers lis welcomed to the Newport School for Navy Chaplains by Capt. Richard G. Hutchson, Ch.C., USN, officer in charge of the school; center, the dioces'an priest, a Taunton na. tive; Commander Paul C. Hammerl, Ch.C., left.