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Bol'ivia Assignment For Fairh'a-ven Nun . Sister Mary Harding" M.M., who entered the Maryknoll Sisters from St. Joseph's Parish; Fairhaven, has been assigned to the missions in the Bolivia-Peru region. Formal ceremonies marking the 55tn departure of Maryknoll Sisters for mission fields were held at the Mother-house Sunday, with Francis Cardinal Spellman, Archbishop, of 'New York, presiding. ' .
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Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Raymond-Harding, 27 Adams Street, ' Fairhaven, Sister Mary was graduated from Fairhaven High School and attended the University of Massachusetts for two years. She was awarded her bachelor of education degree last month from Maryknoll Teachers College. Among the Sisters leaving Maryknoll to augment staffs already at work in mission fields in the South China region, which includes Formosa. were three veterans who have experienced life, house arrest and imprisonTurn to Page Eighteen SISTER MARY HARDIN,G"M.M.
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Catholic Stake Important In East Berlin Crisis WEST BERLIN (NC)-What is the stake of the Catholic Church-indeed, in the broader sense, of religion-in the continued international battle over West Berlin? The contest, as the world knows, is over whether the larger part of this' city of two and tough determination not to give a quarter millions, entirely up its Faith in the teeth of con~ surrounded by a Red-continued and vigorous atheist propaganda. trolled area, remains free or Turn to Page Eighteen is turned over' to the certain blight of atheistic communism. East Berlin actUlilly has 130,000 Catholic~, out of 1,100,000 inhabitants; 35 parishes and many other places where Mass is said, and' 66 priests. This segment of the Church has been unshaken in its Catholic loyalty and has evidenced a remarkably
Senate Receives , Two Warnings On Obscenity
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. WASHINGTON (NC) The U. S. Senate was warned' iwice 'in one day that obscenity is a growing menace to the nation. The warnings came from Sens, Estes Kefauver of Tennessee and Alexander Wiley, 'of Wisconsin, The Senate acted on Sen. Kefauver's statement and passed it bill which he sponsored, de.igned to crack down on obscenity in the District of Columbia. The measure, which has now been referred to the House of Representatives District of' Columbia Committee, would empower police or the U. S. marshal to confiscate equipment or materials used in "the sale distribution, manufacture, showing, advertising, or staging an exhibition of publications 'Of an obscene or lewd nature." Sen. Kefauver declared that the bill is designed to put dis. TIlI'D to rae-e Eic'hteea ~-
Attorney General H,its Sunday Sales Growing concern over the violation of the State's Sunday Laws is reflected in the statement of Attorney General Edward J. McCormack, Jr. Mr. McCormack said: "I am disturbed by rep.orts. tha.t many business establishments on Cape Cod are remaining ,open on Sunday III VIOlatIon of ,the law. I would call to the attention of merchants in all sections of Massachusetts ' that I have ruled that business establishments in this Commonwealth must close down on Sunday except for those sp.ecifically exempted by the , st~~~~:. should be a voluntary matter on the- part of the merchants themselves. But if it is not a voluntary action, then ft becomes a matter of law enent andcompla 1'nts should f orce m be forwarded to the local State Police. "The fact that weekends are the busy periods in certain areas of'the Commimwe,alth during the' Summer is cerlainly no justification for violating the law." Police Chief Gilbert S: Kelley of Dennis said that he received "amazing cooperation" over the weekend from merchants whom he advised not to open on Sun'day in violation of the, law. ~owever, five Yarmouth gift ~shops which opened for 'the fourth . straight Sunday' were joined by two laundromats,' one in Dennis and one in Yarmouth, Turn to Page Eighteen
Reaffirms, Plan To Integrate All 'Schools NEW ORLEANS (NC)Archbishop Jos'eph F. Rummel of New Orleans has reaffirmed his intention to integrate Catholic schools, saying it will begin a.; soon as possible, but not later than the public schools. , . The announcement was made in, a statement issued by a spokesman for the, Archbishop. iIt is the first indication since 1956 of a ,time when the 75,000student school system will5~art a large-scale program of raC'tal integration. When local public schools will begin desegregation is unknowTJ, but a Federal court now' ha'J under advisement a third appeal by the public school board from a February, 1956, ruling that deTurn to Page Sixteen
Ca, th 0 I-IC Press" , S'co res Ne'w C.-r'cu Iat.-on H.-gh '
- NEW .YORK (NC)-Circulation of Catholic newspapers and magazines in the United States and Canada has passed 25 million for the first time in history. This was disclosed in new circulation statisti'cs just released in the 1959 edition of the Cath" ' p l a c e imd publisher and other olic Press Dir,ec,tory, a,nnual data for 288 publications listed reference volume p'ublished which accept advertising; editor•. here by the Catholic'Press and other personnel; represen-, Association. tatives; circulation breakdown; The exact' total circulation is' subscription prices; frequency of' 25,582,770, it was announced by publication,etc. John J •. Daly. CPA president, . The 'director:' also contains a who is editor, of: the C~tholic page of market information on VI'rginl'an ' RI'chmond ,Va . ,dl'O - "Catholic America," plu,s market and other data contained in cese newspaper ' f 580 Cath advertising, by leading U. S. and Total CI'rculatl'on 0 olic newspapers and magazines Canadian publications, and a in the United States alone hit a geographical index to national new record high of 24,273,972, a newspaper local editions" ,gain of more ,than half a'million Members of the hierarchy win copies over the previous record all receive copies of the direcof 23,716,418, set last year. tory, as will association member A total of 3f; Canadian news- publications. Copies will also papers and magazines listed in be sold, to schools, libraries, the directo.ry, are circulating to parish or diocesan organizations, 1,308,798 readers, it is revealed b'\lsinesses; or any _interested in a special statistical summary person. The 4irectory is used page in the directory. widely as a complete standard' . Other contents include: name, reference to the Catholic pre,sa.
Living A'mong 'Portuguese Gi~es New Understandi'ng Immigrant Portuguese, be they from continental Portugal, Madeira or the Azores, will find genuine and deep understanding in a new priest who was schooled the past year in their midst. One of the interests of Father Anthony Rocha, son of Mrs., .A.nna own tongue by 'one who underCosta of 27 Elm Ave., Fair- sfands them psychologically." haven, is the.future of 6,000 The new priest, who was ordained Feb. 21 and who said his refugees of a recent and terrible volcano at Fayal, the first Mass in St. Peter's Tomb, Azores, The homeless are in the St. Peter's Basilica in Rome, process of arriving at spots in said ensuing Masses on Calvary Sou the a s t ern Massachu- in Jerusalem, the Holy Land, in setts where' they will make new Jordan and Israel. He finished homes near relatives and friends. his training for the priesthood at the seminary of Christ the "Since the Gospel is so import- King in Lisbon, Portugal. He ant," Father Rocha explains, had a week's retreat at the shrine "these new residents should hear of Our Lady of Fatima and he the Gospel explained in their participated in the feast of Santo Christo in St. Michael and the Holy Ghost feasts in the Azores. Father Rocha toured Continental Portugal from North to South, 'living with poor and humble families and meeting the rich and famous, too. He learned to differentiate between the pro, nunciations of Portuguese on the continent and in Madeira and the Azores. He was assigned to Turn to rage Fifteen
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Maryknoll Sends Father Morris To Korea
POST OFFICE DECLARES WAR!: This exhibit calling for an all-out war against obscenity in the' mails has been set up in the lobby of the Springfield, Ill., Post Office. The poster ,calls on those receiving objectionable material in the mail to save the'envelopes and turn them over to the local postmaster who can begin prosecution of the sender under' new po'8tal laws. NC Photo.
MARYKNOLL (NC) Only the, telltale white hair of his crew-cut gives an indication of the age-:.7~f Father John E. Morris. He has been assigned for the second time to the missions of Korea. Thirty-six years-ago, the priest, a native of SS. Peter and Paul Parish, Fall River, first sailed for the "Land of the Morning Calm." And to this day, the farsighted missioner has kept up his study of the Korean language in hopeful expectations of his return to Korea. Ordained for the Diocese of Fall River in 1914, FatherJMorris joined' Maryknoll in 1921 after serving seven years in St. Joseph's Church, Fall River. He left for the missions of Korea in October, 1923, After 13 years in Korea where he served as Prefect ~postolic he was transferreq to Kyoto, Japan, 'to work TurD W' Pace Twelve