The ANCHOR Fall River, Mass., Thursday, July 11, 1963 Vol. 7, No. 29 ©
1963 The Anchor
FATHER BUCKLEY
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FATHER PORTEB
Ordinary ·Transfers Two Assistants Most Rev. James L. Connolly, Bishop of the Diocese of Fall River, announced today the transfer of two assistants to take effect on Thursday, Aug. 1. Rev. James F. Buckley, assistant at the Sacred Heart Church, Fall River, has been transfered to Immaculate since Aug. 22, 1961, has been Conception C h u r c h, North and a curate at the Sacred Heart Easton, and Rev. James R. Church, Fall River. Porter, ass i s tan t at St. The newly assigned curate to Mary's Church, No. Attleboro, will replace Father Buckley at the Sacred Heart Church, Fall River, as an assistant. Father Buckley, a native of Somerville, son of James M. Buckley and Mary Joyce Buckley, was born Jan. 28, 1931. He attended St. John's Seminary, Brighton, and was ordained Jan. 8, 1959 in St. Mary's Cathedral, Fall River, by Bishop Connolly. Following ordination, Father Buckley served two years as an assistant in St. Mary's Cathedral
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the Sacred Heart Church, Fall River, is the son of William J. Porter and Elda F. Groppi Porter. Born on Jan. 2, 1935 in East Boston, Father Porter at tended St. Mary's Seminary, Baltimore, and was ordained on April 2, 1960 in St. Mary's Cathe dral, Fall River, by Bishop Con nolly. Father Porter has served as an assistant in St. Mary's Parish, No. Attleboro, since ordination. Both priests will report to the new assignmenta on Thursday, Aug. L
Father Luke Chabot New Provincial of Franciscans Rev. Luke Chabot, O.F.M., formerly of Sacred Heart parish, North Attleboro, and brother of Rev. Gerard Chabot, pastor of St. Theresa Church, South Attle boro; Rev. Bertrand Chabot, St. Anthony of Padua Church, New Bedford; and Sister Armand Marie, S.U.S.C. Sacred Hearts
Academy, Fall River, has been
elected provindal of the Mon
treal Province of the Franciscan
;Fathers. Father Chabot will celebrate ftte silver aniversary of his or dination this year. He was former superior of the Francis can House of Retreats and Shrine of Our Lady of the Smile, Pittsfield, N.H., and St. Francis College, Biddeford, Me. He has preached many retreats in this Diocese. Other area relatives include his mother and two sisters, Mrs. Agenard Deschenes and Mrs. Norman L'Homme, all of Sacred
and another sister, Mrs. Norman Hamel, St. Jacques parish, Taun ton.
Beart parish, North Attleboro;
SATHER CHABOT
Presentation Sisters To Staff • Home In North Attleboro Right Reverend Raymond T. Considine announced today that the Diocese has t4e eured the services of the Dominican Sisters of Charity of the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary to staff Madonna Manor, the home for aged and infirm now being readied in No. Attleboro. The Grey Nuns of Ottawa had originally offered to care for the guests there but sickness in their community and other com mitments forced them to withdraw, and the Sisters of the Presentation, who serve at St. Anne's Hospital in Fall River and Marian Manor in Taunton, volunteered to take over this new facility. The Sisters of the Presenta tion, with experience in care both for the aged and for the sick, are superbly equipped to operate Madonna Manor which was formerly the Hixon Hotel in North Attleboro. Monsignor Considine also an. nounced today that work is progressing on a $300,000 addi. tion to Marian Manor in Taun ton. The addition gives· the home 30 additional beds, two new din ing areas on the first and third floors, an inside stairwell from the ground floor to the top, and a new boiler room and equip ment. The original building had only one boiler and it was de. cided to obtain a new boiler room and equipment rather than MADONNA MANOR: Mother Pierre Marie, superior run the risk of boiler failure of St. Arlne's Hospital, Fall River, discusses with Rt. Rev. during the Winter months. The Diocese of Fall River is Raymond T. Considine plans for the Sisters of the Presen keeping well up in its lead. tation to staff new home for the aged, Madonna Manor. throughout the country in caring in No. AttleborO' for the aged and infirm. While not neglecting those of other age groups, the Bishop, with the sup. port given him in various Catho lic Charities Appeals, has kept the Diocese in the forefront in caring for the older citizens who are given the opportunity to live "The love for his fellowmen was constantly exemplified out their days in home-like and dignified surroundings and cared . in the life of our beloved Fathe:r- Edmund Francis. His for by dedicated Sisters who are regard for the rights of others was Father Edmund's daily giving their lives to the service aim." So stated Rev. Clement Killgoar, SS.CC., pastor of of God and His children. St. Anthony's Church, Mat In addition to Madonna Manor tapoisett~ in the eulogy in sS.ce., acolytes; Rev. John O'Brien, SS.CC., thurifer. which is being readied, the aged Rev. Regis Kwiatkowski, Ss. and infirm are also cared for in St. Mary's Church Fair Marian Manor in Taunton, the haven, yesterday morning at ce,. book bearer; Rev. John Sacred Heart Home in New Bed. the Solemn Pontifical Mass of Sullivan, SS.ce., g rem i ale ford, Our Lady's Haven in Fair. Requiem for Father Fransis. bearer; Rev. Bonifa<:e Jones, Members of the Faii'haven SS.CC., candle bearer; Rev. haven, and the Catholic Mem Charles Kallagher, SS.ce., mitre Parish together with pari orial Home in Fall River. shioners from Our Lady of the bearer. A million dollar building pro Masters of ceremonies were gram at Madonna Manor includes Killgoar eulogize the charity a Chapel being built in front of that was universal in the life of Rev. John H. Hackett and Rev. John Boyce. the present structure and a Father Francis. Born June 28, 1919 in Provi "His love touched everyone nursing wing at the rear. in his parish, neighborhood and dence Father Frands was gradu_ city, but it went further - even ated from La Salle Academy and beyond the miles of ocean attended the Novitiate of the waters to touch the lives of the Sacred Hearts Father in Fair Love of God sisters in Spain haven. He com pie ted his studies for the priesthood at the and Cuba." seminaries in Father Francis died Saturday congregation's at St. Anne's Hospital, Fall Wareham and Washington and WASHINGTON (NC) River, following a heart attack. was ordained in Trinity College The Am e ric a n Catholie Despite a heart ailment that had Chapel, Washington, by Most:
agency for overseas relief persisted for several years he Rev. John M. MeNamara, D.D., Bishop. distributed about 44 per had continued fulfilling his Auxiliary He served from 1948 untn cent of all the aid dispensed pastoral duties. Bishop Connolly was celebrant 1958 as assistant at Our Lady of abroad by voluntary U.S. groups, of the Solemn Pontifical Mass of . the Assumption, New Bedford, last year, according to a Federal where he was active in the de Requiem, with Very Rev. Wil government report just issued. liam J. Condon, SS.ce., as as;' velopment of the new church Catholic Relief Services sistant priest. Deacons of honor and rectory. National Catholic Welfare Con Named pastor of St. Mary's, feren<:e distributed aid worth were Rt. Rev. Hugh A. Gallagher Fairhaven, in 1958 he was com $161,059,043 during 1962. The and Rt. Rev. John A. Silvia. Assisting were Rev. Henry pleting plans for a new churcla total by 55 agencies was $363, at the time of his death. 566,095. Other major efforts Creighton, SS.CC., deacon; Very Rev. Albert Evans, SS.CC., sub Father Frands was instru were by CARE, $64,947,609; deacon; Rev. Stephen Cordeiro, mental in bringing the Love of Turn to Page Twelve SS.ce., and' Rev. John Caton, God Sisters to the city from Spain and Cuba.
Bishop Sings Requiem Mass .For Father Francis, SS.CC.
Catholic Aid Again First
Bishop To Bless New Edifice At Brewster
New St. Paul High Scl100l to" Honor Archbishop Brady
Bishop Connolly will offi ciate at 4 Sunday afternoon at dedication ceremonies for Our Lady of the Cape Church, Brewster. A Solemn High Mass will also be cele brated with Rev: Joseph A. Nolin, M.S., pastor of the new church, as celebrant; Rev. Rene M. Lemoine, M.S., superior of La Salette Seminary, East Brew ster, as deacon; and Rev. John J. Brennan, SS.CC., pastor of Holy Redeemer Church, Cha tham, as subdeacon. Bev. James E. Lynch, pasta&' Turn to Pa~e Sixteell
ST. PAUL (NC) - Pre liminary work has been started here on a co-institu tional high school that will be named in honor of Archbish op William O. Brady who died in October 1961. The school. costing an estimated two million dollars, is expected to be open in September, 1964. The late Archbishop, who served as rector of St. Paul Seminary before his elevation to the episcopacy.. WM a Ila~va
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