BISHOP GERRARD OFFICIATES AT DEDICATION: Left photo, JBiRhop Gerrard, accompanied by Rev. Martin L. Buote, assistant, left, C1ld Rev. John J. Casey, pastor, right, enter the new Immaculate Concep-
:tion Youth Cent~r for the Blessing. Center photo; Very Rev. Thomas F'. W·alsh, Dean' of the Att.Ieboro area, addresses the assemblage. Right photo: Father Buote places a crucifix on the wall following the Blessin~
Dedicate ·NewN·orth .Easton Center
The ANCHOR lr~ill Riv~r, Mass., Thursday, AU9'lst2, 1962 Vol. 6, No. 32
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Former Holy Cross Captain To Coach at Feehan High Rev. Patrick J. O'Neill, Superintendent of Diocesan !Schools, announced today the appointment of Josephnughes of Pawtucket as teacher-coach at Bisp,op Feehan High School, Attleboro. Mr. Hughes will serve as head basketball (~onch, and will teach history 'b a II t"eQ!1l th a't' appeared'In th e . and conduct phYSIcal ,educa- Holiday, Festival and National t\on classes. The new ap- Invitation touriuiments. ijlointee to the Feehan High A graduate of Central Falls l"hculty is a graduate of Holy ([;1'oss College, Worcester, where l'>cc caJ.ltained the 1957-58 basket-
High School, the Rhode Islander pla.yed baseball and basketball in high sC9001'and captained the Dine in his senior year'. Turn to Page Twelve
Most Rev. James J. Gerrard, D.D., V.G., Auxiliary Bishop of the Dioceee, dedicated the new Immaculate Conception Parish Youth Center in North Easton, Tuesday ev&> ning; before a large gathering of parishioners and priests from the surrounding area.. Following the dedicatory ceremonies, Bishop Gerrard, in an address in the auditorium, called the new Center "a the Attleboro area, spoke for the shadow of the Church." The neighboring pastors. Auxiliary Bishop stated that Assisting Bishop Gerrard itl "this new parish addition the ceremonies' were: Father
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Teacher Shifts, 'Appointments and assignm.ents of, Sisters ,of Mercy affecting faculties of schools and institutions' in the Diocese have been announced by Mother Mary Helena, R.S.M.. Provincial. Transfer of Sisters from Mount St. Mary Convent, Fall River, is as follows: Sister Mary Olga t<f Salve Regina College, Newport; Sister Mary Clare 'to Holy Name Convent, New Bedford;' Sister Mary Hilda to St.' Xavier Convent, Providence; Sister Mary Christina to St. Joseph' Conv'ent, New Bedford as superior, procurator and grade six teacher at Holy Family School. , Aiso Sister Mary Carolyn to St'. Patrick Convent, Fall River, as superior, procuralqr and grade seven te?cher at st. Patrick School; ,Sister Mary Silveria to Cathedr~l School, Fall River, as principal ,me' grade three teacher'; Sister Mary Romana to St. Mary Convent, North Attleboro, grade four; Sister Mary Michella to. St. Mary Convent, Bristol; Turn to Page Ten
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verifies the Church's aim in de- Casey, pastor, and Rev: Martha L. Buote and Rev. John J. Staeveloping the whole' man." "This Center", he added, "con- kem, assistants at the Nortla tains the fa<;1lities for catecheti- Easton Parish. Among the clergy present was cal instruction for the development of the spiritual life and the Very Rev. Richard H. Sullivan. gym for the development of the president of Stonehill College. Of modern architecture, the physical side of man." Youth Center has an auditorium Rev. John J. Casey, pastor of 60 by 90 feet, with laminated the 1m mac u 1 Ii t e Conception 'wooden beams. The stage measChurch, North Easton, thanked ures 20 by 60 feet. The auditoaij for their, work in making rium is equir:·ped for basketball this drealll possible, with a scoreboard and bleachers The Very Rev. Thomas F. seating' 500. ,Folding partitions Walsh,' pastor of St. John's permit division of the entire Turn to Page Ten A. Parish, Attleboro" and Dean of
Council Convocation Starts Widespread Talk on Unity VATICAN CITY (NC)-Whether intended or not, the convocation of the Second Vatican Ecumenical Council has already begun, the most widespread dialogue on unity between Christian bodies since Christian unity was first shattered; The chief purpose las, below, will cover the Council of the council, according to for the NCWC News Service and Pope John is to attend to Th~ Anchor. the Church's internal needs.. , No sooner was the intendeli He has clearly indi<!ated that the road to Christian unity might be opened as a result of the council, but that this could be 'expected only as a distant and indirect efiect. Msgr. James I. Tucek of Dal-
council aWlounced, however, t han non - Catholic leaders through.out the wQrld began to voice their hopes and Catholi~ Turn to Page Seventeen
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WASHINGTON (NC) - The Census Bureau said here that the 1960 population census showed that 5,552,042 pupils were in private kindergartens and elementary and secondary schools that year. The bureau' said this is 13.6 per cent of the total number of U.s. school-age, childr~n. This means that for every 86 children in public schools, there were nearly' 14 in When the bureau asked about Catholic elementary and secondprivate schools. Rhode Is- school attendance in the census, ary schools in 1960. The NCWC figure for Catholic land was said to lead the it did so in every fourth housenation with percentage of hold. Ii inquired about type of 'elementary school enrollment is
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grade and high school pupils in private schools, 26.6 per cent. Wisconsin was reported close behind with a flat 26 per cent. The Bureau's enrollment figures broke down this way: k~ndergarten, 304,147; elementary , 4,167,300; and secondary. . 1,080,595.
sc!hool attended, public or private, but did not break down private schools into Catholic or other types. The Department of Education of the National Catholic Welfare gonference here, 'basing its figures on reports from Catholic school superintendents, has reported 5,253,791 stl~:lents in
4,373,422 including kindergartens. For Catholic secondary schools, it is 880,369. The Census Bureau, in listing states and the percentage of· students in private grade and high schools, said that behind Rhode Island and Wisconsin, other states with more than 20 per ·Turn to Page Twelve c
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