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Fall River, Mass., Thursday, July 9, 1964
.Church -Dom~nant
·In Rights-· Vote
WASHINGTON (NC) - ).\fassive support from the ehurches played a major role in tipping the scales in favor m: the CiVil Rights Act of 1964. The ceremony at which .President Johnson signed into law the strongest civil rights b i I ] since' Reconstruction The moral issue has been recog days marked the culmination nized; the responsibilities have Gf a remarkably sustained been felt." 4Jffort on behalf of the meas Turn to Page Eighteen we. Among its most striking teatures was the virtually un precedented involvement of the ,ehurches, singly and in collabo a4ion.
From the time President Ken nedy introduced his Civil rights program a year ago untlll the waning days of th,e'.rights debate til Congress, Catholics and other Ileligious groups adively sup .ported the bill. Both backers and 'opponents of the meaSure have _testified to the impact of their dorts. Sen. Hubert H. Humphrey of Minnesota, Senate floor mana-ger of the bill, repeatedly called the 'lIhurches' support crucial. Typi -efal of his statement at the ~encementof the College of ... Theresa in Winona, Minn.: "It is the churchmen tOday 01. IIIl faiths who are turning the ~ on civil rigbts legislation.
:Solemn Mass ~On Sunday
_The Rev. Peter J. Mullen, son of JamesD. and Dorothy _(Buck) Mullen of 167 Cen '·ter St., North Easton, will .sing his First Solem'n Mass Sun day afternoon at 5 o'clock in the 'Immacul,ate Conception Church, Norbh Easton. Officers of the Mass will I>e: Rev. John J. Casey, pastor of -the North Easton parish, arch priest; Rev. Joseph P. Delaney, ,assistant at Sacred Heart parish, .T,aunton, deacon; Rev. John J. Steakem, North Easton assistant, sub-deacon. Rev. Edwin J. -Loew, -fopner '1'Wl'n to P8Jge Eighteen
New Assignments Effective T'oday for Three Priests , Transfer of two assistant priests and assignment of • third, effective today, have been announced by the Chan eery Office. Rev. Martin L. Buote, assistant at St. Joseph's, 1I\all River, is assigned to St. Joseph's, North Dighton, and Rev. Edmund T. Delaney is Father Buote transferred from Holy Name Father Buote, son of John A. Flall River to St. Joseph's, and Margaret J. (Martin) Buote, Fall River. Itev. Edward J. attended Somerset High School Mitchell, who returned recently from Rome where he received -a doctorate in Canon Law, has laeen assigned to Holy Name.
and studied for a year at Massa chusetts Institute of Technology. He attended St. Philip Ned Turn to Page Fourteen
AT GROUNDBREAKING: At groundbreaking for addition to former Hixon Hotel in North Attleboro, to be known as Madonna Manor and serve area aged, are from left, Bish op Connolly, Mrs. Joseph Marsden, whose family owned the former hotel, Mother Pierre _Marie, superior of Dominican Sisters of Charity of the Presentation who will staff institu .tionj and Msgr. R'aymond T. Considine, director of Diocesan institutions for the aged.
Pope Follows John's Plan
Of Renewal and Reform
VATICAN CITY (NC)-Contrary to some published reports, Pope Paul VI is not departing from the program of reform and renewal initiated by Pope John XXIII, it Wail stated here by Augustin Cardinal Bea, head of the Vatic'an's Secretariat for Christian Unity. Cardinal Bea made his observation in an interview with the American correspon dent Winston Burdette, for -the Columbia Broadcasting vigorously to Pope John's pro "cultivated a vivacious and vig_ gram, which he made his own orous personal activity" in tho Sy·g.tem. from the moment of his first area of meetings with non-Cath '.'Wha-t has been written about the supposed yielding of Pope Paul VI and of his departure from the line and the proposals of Pope John is . • . out of place," said Cardinal Bea. "Pope Paul is undoubtedly proceeding in quite a personal manner, but at the same time he is keeping consistently and
radio message less than 24 hours after his elevation to the pon tificate." Cardinal Bea said Pope Paul has emphasized even more strongly than Pope John that the goal of Christian unity consti tutes one of the four principle aims of the Vatican council. The present Pope, he said, hal
Pope Paul Officio Ily Calls Third Session , By Rev. John R. Foister
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Sister Madeleine Na med to Office By Nurses' Unit Members of the Staff of St. Anne's Hospital, Fall River, were among delegates to the Catholic Hospital Associa tion convention and the annual meeting of the Conference of Catholic Schools of Nursing. Turn to Page Fourteen
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His Holiness, Pope Paul VI, has officially convened the Third Session of the Vatican Council for Monday, Sept. 14, the Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross. The rescript, dated July 3, 1964 was made public on July 4 by Amleto Cardinal Cicognani the Papal sessions thus far. The First Ses Secretary of State. Last No sion lasted nearly two complete vember,it was indicated to months (Oct. 11, 1962-Dec. 8, the Fathers in council that 1962) and the Second Session a
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this next session would probably begin on 'that date and would end in time for the assembled Fathers to take part in the In ternational Eucharistic Congress to be held in Bombay, India, at the end of November. The above mentioned rescript makes the opening date official but does not mention the closing date. The Third Session would
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little more than two months (Sept. 20, 1963-Dec. 4, 1963). The Fathers will not be at a loss for business. Besides the many schemata to be resolved, there are ticklish questions of procedure to be tackled. There must be an answer to the prob lem of slowness and repetitions and yet, the Fathers' freedom of expression must be preserved. It 'is thought that council busTuro 110 Pa,ge Eij:h~
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