31st Women's Order Now
,lin Di,ocese
Siste.rs of Providence
Occupying New FaU River Quarters
By lPatrncna McGowaJ!\l
An ai-i.1','Ught-fli1led house at 14'7 Madison Street, Fall River is the new regiooral head ptia:rtell'S for the Congregation of the Sisters of Pl'Ovidence. Representatives of the 1500 member congregation, which has its motherhouse attSt. Mary-of-the-Woods, Ind., have been in the Diocese the past few weeks, devoting most of their time to the housekeeping tasks attendant upon settl ing in a new home. "We two Sisters are real-life "flying the superior, belonged to the nuns," constantly visiting houses family of Sister James Margaret oouldn't invite vi'8itors at for which they are responsible. of the Sisters of Providence, the first, because we had 00 furn Also in Fall River, at least for former Mary Louise O'Connor.
".))USS PENNY" RIDGEWAY
Postulant
iture," said Sister Anna Rose, the Summer, are Sister Alma superior of St. Raphael's Region Marie, Sister Jerome and Penny of the Sisters of Providence. A Ridgeway of Hollywood, Fla., a still-unrolled rug and windows' 'postulant of the community. awaiting curtains testified that Penny has, a Summer job in a plenty of work still lies ahead Title I enrichment program at of her and her four companions the Wixon 'School' in Fall River. in the Madison Street house. The Sisters will' probably Sister Anna Rose is in charge spend the coming year settling of an area extending from New into their' new, headquarters, Hampshire to North Carolina meanwhile continuing their vis itations throughout St. Raph and encompassing 14 elemen tary and secondary schools and ael's Region" said Sister Anna a junior college. She is aided by Rose. Why was Fall Rivei' Sister Adrian, supervisor, of ' chosen as headquarters? The schools for the region, and the Madison ~~reet house; explained
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SISTER ANNA ROSE, S.P.
ReG'ional SuperiOIl'
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Eucharistic Exposifion' Queries
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It was bequeathed to the Siste?, who turned it over to her com:.. munity. 'Sister J'ames Margaret, said Sister Anna Rose, is presently serving as registrar, for Immac ulata Junior College in Wash ington, D. C. As !l Sister, she has returned to Fall River from time to time to visit friends and rel atives. ' The Congregation of the Sis ters of Providence was" :Eounded in 1840 by Mother Theodore Guerin and five companions '!'urn ,to Page Five
VATICAN CITY (NC) The Concilium on the Imp}e.. mentation m the Liturgy Constitution of Vatican II
has answered some queries con cerning the exposition of the Blessed Sacrament. Though these are of an official nature, they' are ,only "orientative" h.P...
"directive" and not new laws. "-"~-' The answers all concern no. 6Z of the Papal Instruction, The Worship, of the Mystery of the Eucharist. . bit perinittedfu offer public PRICE Uk $4.00 perY_ prayers to Our Lady imd' to the Saints dqrlng Exposition of the ,~t~~ _$acraJ11ent? Until now it was the custom. and even, the obligation (Leo ':Xli[ and October rosary) to of fer such prayers in conjunction with the exposition of the
Ecumelnism Should
Face Differences
Differing opinions about the impact of the' Creed is sued by Pope Paul have ,come :from The World Congress of ChurChes meeting in Sweden.. The immediate 'reaction of some Protestant Church leaders, notably Anglican Arch bishop Ramsey, of Canter-. bury, was that this would for was a ~lear-cut delineatiOil, be a block W ecumenical re of Catholic doctrine so that the Protestants themselves, in theil!' lations, stressing, "as it does, formulation of their beliefs"
couid see clearly where there ia agreement, where there are dif ferences, and whether the dif ~",,_"' ~ IIJII I ferences are in essentials, in de ta~ls; in appr~aches .Olr' in laD guage. 1hundaYl1 It may well be then that the eJ4>ression "Of th~reee'nt Creed, '()f Po~ Paul ii new stage in' ecumenical 'rei'atfons. Tbe prejudiceS' of· many centurie.l have OVercome, the 'ability and-desire of Catholic and Prot estant' theOlogians to talk » ,rrotestan~, ~Jld, q~thol~~ ,'IS gether have been clearly dem sh,?wn in • stat~~ent"by, ~v. onstrated,' and ,now this, new Dr., Stanley .1. ~tu~r, ~er~can stage will involve' work in the . Tum" to· Page T~ree _.' VIENNA (:NC) '-:'-'''~h~ is 00 doubt. that swial. and B~ptist 'ei:um.~nic~l ~~ade't. and basic area of religioUS bell. eoonomic reasons oft;en disguised as psychiat!1c indicaPi~s, director of. Assoc~a~io~ ",p'reljS of and the practices springing from are D.<YW the prime justification- for, abortion," acoordqng . ,New York eity. Dr:' Stuber, these. , speaking of the iSsues Qn which The fact that nine theologiana ~ 'Dr. Frank J. Ayd. SPeaking at \ll'meeting of 'Oatholic Catholics and Protestants differ, of the Roman Catholic Churcll 4ocbors and lawyers at ~t. ' said, '.'From ~y, point .of , view were elected· at Uppsaia as oW Seminary, here in 'Dr. Ayd noted that the Judeo J~"",""h these ISSU~S can be settled only cial members of' the Commis ~l" Christian tradition teaches' that ~y creative compromise, based sion on Faith and order indi West Virgin~a" Dr. Ayd as- . man is Uie cUstodian of his body upon, the, teachings, of the New cates that this stage has been , serted that "society' sanc- ..:...not its owner. The use he Testament. I. do not ~ook for inaugurated. However, the work «ons destruction of the· fetus so makes of his body, the doctor, ward to un~formity of belief or of this Commission may be a tfiat' the mother may have a bet- said,· is "limited and governed practice"'at these points, but to slow 'and drawn-out one and it 'te'i- life or society may be ,rid of by the natural law." He said acceptance of various points-of is felt by many that the major ~ pOtentHll burden. Thu's, , the , that proporients of abortion· be view united through ,and by the inter-faith progress will be , socio-econOmic abortion ill part lieve' that· man is the owner of' Holy Spirit," made in the next decade not ift &f a search for happiness by the his body and -therefore . think The Catholic view of such ,this area but in the world-fi~d mother' or society to be achieved that a woman may decide "what matters as the one ,true church, of life and work. , by denying bbe fetus the right to should grow within her body infallibility, the nature of the Ufe." , " and under what conditions.'" Christian ministry, purgatory, .The physician asserted that if the Virgin Mary: -'- isSues about one agrees with this belief-that which :Qr. s.tuber spoke-is that man is the owner and not the these beliefs are basic lind admit user of his body - then "valid of no compromise, while there argumen:ts also can be advanced All positions on the Personns
can always be a deepening of by these people to justify' sui Board of the clergy of the Fa)
insights, ra~ifications. and ap cide, euthanasia, mutilation of plications, all of which may not River Diocese have been filled
the body, submission to danger
be completely :grasped at this Five board members have beea
WASHINGTON (NO) . ous human experimentation and
time. But theJ;'e will not be and added on the basis of 'voting bt
other human actions which'so
Pa,rticipants in a Confrater cannot be, as 'Pope Paul has said, the priests of the Diocese aIR
now condemns." nity of Chris'bian-Doctrine' ciety , any about-faCe by Catholics on selection by the Priests' Senate
'Dr. Ayd discussed. the relaxed upon recommendation by the
Wl()rkshop here recommended 'Colorado abortion law and said these . . issues.· _. .. Personnel Board ~irector and aso
tDat the staff of the CCD Jlfat that ''wherever abortion' laws ,Catholic belief is that' there ststant directors.
ional Center, ,in Washington be have been 'relaxed; 'it has ,been , can be no 'contradiction in the given the job of coordinating fOund that the return-rate for Board members are Rt. Rev. of the Holy Spirit, and that SUMMER MISSION: Ex ·,work" all aspects of, the Church's re , another abortion is ihigh," , He soDie 'beliefs are firmly-stated' Robert L. Stanton, Rev. Jame. ligious education apostolate said that women become care panding . 1lO accomodate an and held' by' "Catholicism 'and ;E. Lyons, Rev., Betrand R. through the newly reorganized less aboUt contraception --when ever increasing (}a,pe Cod 'cannot- be eomptomised.:.:...despite Chabot, Rev. Manuel P. Ferrei United States Catholic Confer abortions are easilyobtahied, Catholic pOpulace, BiB-hop · any amount of good will-in the ra and Rev.•GeoPge ,W•• Coleman. eDCe. Rev. LeoT. Sullivan is tIM and alSo asserted that abortiona interest of UIUty with other They said the task of guiding are serious operations. He said COnnolly blesBe3. the new Christian bodies. One of the director, 'and assistant directOR tile religious fOrmation of Catb that 40 of the 22. abortions per'- Qu~en: of Angels Chapel at' Protestant observers at Vatican are Rev., Donald ,E., Belange~ , l»Jic'yotlngsters in public schoo" fOnned !m Colorado in, 'the'. nin'e Popponessett in Mashpee. See .' Council n- explicitly stated that Rev. Bento '''raga and Rev. Ed p-agea Three and lie . · whatProtestant.l weJ~ -lookiJ;l& ward L. Mi~e;u.:, _. ~bteeoi' ',' 'l'ura,' ~" 'iigh~e'~, .. ,', . ' ..Tum ' . 'tie Pale . .. , ' . ":.
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doctrines 'that are specifically Catholic.' "0 the I!' Protestant leaders, however, are of the opinion that true ecumenical·' progress can never be maae without" a clear . cut pictureGf. w.h~re ~d,bO'W the. , varioUs ,<;h~stia~,' bodies differ. ~tendingthat'tbet~"are" ,:no differences or tltllt these' 'are minor or of· a liisciplinar.y:' na t':lre wi~ nof serve the 'cause of ecumem!iRl. :.: ,;" , 'The c;l:iffen~nce, in attitq.Ii~!1 ~
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Urge 'Expanded Status for CCD National Staff
Pa-e
Personnel Board
Now Complete