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Most.Rev. James L. Connolly, D.D., Bishop of Fall River, will become' affiliated to the Franciscan Order of Friars Minor at solemn ceremonies at Our Lady's Chapel, New Bedford, at 8 P.M. next Wednesday. Bishop Connolly will be the third member of the American Hierarchy to enjoy affiliatiqn with the Franciscan Order, the honor having already been conferred on Francis '. . . C d' I S II . A h churchman and for hIS accom- Franciscan by religious profes~r ma pe man, rc - plishments without number for sion, a Franciscan by adoption, bIShop of New York and God in word and practice." thereby giving him the right to Richard Cardinal Cushing, Father Wheeler stated that use after his name the initials

Archbishop of Boston. Very Rev. Celsus Wheeler, O.F.M., Provincial of the New York Province will read and confer the official d~cument in the name of Most Rev. Augustine Sepinski, O.F.M., Minister General of the Order. who granted 'the, affiliation in Rome on June 8. Upon the reading of the citation, Bishop Connolly will be presented with the Franciscan habit, sandals and the Seraphic breviary. . . . . Father Pro~~nc.lal, m ann~uncIng the aff~hat,l,on. of Blsho? Connolly, saId . ThIS honor IS bestowed onl~ on those 'wh~se l?ve, benef~Fhons and .apprecIahon ?,f thmgs FranCIscan are w~ll known to us. We honor BIShop Connolly as a great .

affiliation is the act of making one who is not a First Order

. Very Rev. George C.Higgins, director of the Social Action l)epartment of the National C~ltholic Welfare Conference, and contributor of a weekly columll to The An'chor, will preach at the Second Annual Labor Day Mass' 8p~msored 'by ,the' United , Cardinal W yzszynski . Labor Council of Greater Poland helped Vice-PresiFall River. The appeat'ance dent Nixon solve a delicate of the noted labor priest at diplomatic problem Tuesday. St. 'Mary's Cathedral, Fall River,

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Breakfast at the Catholic Community Center, Franklin Street, Fall River, will follow the Mass. Msgr. Higgins will apeak briefly at this time also, Representatives of the Protestant and Jewish observances' of the day will be heard, as will Rev. Arthur W. Tansey, Diocesan Director of' Social Action and Rector of St:'Mary's Cathedral. Hundreds of delegates from Turn to Page Eighteen

Youth Festiva I Fails in Aim CLEMENT J. DOWLING

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NOTRE DAME (NC) Richard Cardinal Cushing, ,Archbishop of Boston, told more than one thow:;and

It would have been unthinkable for Mr. Nixon to visit Poland without giving some sort of public recognition to the Catholic character of the vast majority of the Polish people. At the same time, it would hav'e been diplomatically dangerous for' a 'meeting between the Cardinal and the Vice-President' while Mr.' Nixon could not be placed in the position of snubbing the Cardinal. The prelate solved the prob.lem by leaving Warsaw for a vacation on Tuesday, and Mr. Turn to Pag'e Thirteen

for the 9 o'clock Solemn High Mass, Monday, Sept. 7, was announced today by Clement J. Dowling ~f th~ National Asso- . eiation of Letter Carrier::;, servtng' for the second year as general chairman of the observance. Breakfast to Follow

Two priests of the Diocese, ordained in Europe, will celebrate their first Solemn M.asses in their home parishe~ Rev. Anthony Rocha, son' of Mrs. Anna Costa of 27 Elm Street, Fairhaven will celebrate a Solemn Mass of Thanksgiv.ing Sunday at 11 o'clock Sunday, Aug', 16, at 11 o'clock. in his home parish of Im- Father FoIster spen~ three years maculate Conception, New at the North Amencan College Bedford. Turn to Page Eighteen

VIENNA (NC)-A West German delegate to the communist - sponsored seventh. World Youth Festival here predicted that "heads will roll when this is oJer." This view pretty well summed up feelings of many observers at this Soviet propaganda drive to .capture the minds of young . leaders in Africa, Asia and Latin America. The lO-day festival opened last week with a parade of 15,000 participants into Vienna's stadium. The festival has Turn to Page Eleven

O.F.M., if he so chooses. By virtue of his affiliation with the First Order of St. Francis, Bishop Connolly will participate in all the merits and glories of the whole Franciscan Order and he shall have the right to wear, when he wishes, _ the habit of the Friars; the right to enter and live in the Franciscan Friaries anywhere on earth; an.d the right to celeb~ate the specIal Masses and offIces approved .bY the Holy See fqr the FranCIscans. He will share in the spiritual wealth of the Franciscan family, in the prayers and good works of many thousands of Franciscans, in the Apostolic ~orks of all. the members of the Friars Minor and of the nuns and tertiaries subject to the jurisdiction . . T urn t 0 Page EIghteen

BISHOP CONNOLLY

nuns last night that a good religious superior must be 111': telligent, emotionally stable and capable of adjusting to changing situations. Speaking in the University of Notre Dame's Sacred Heart Church at the formal opening of the seventh annual Institute of Spirituality, the New England prelate cited "definite similarities" in the relationship of a religious superior with her subjects and a business executive with his employees. . "While it is important for a superior to understand the points in which her functions differ from those of secular administrators, it is no less desirable, and even necessary," Cardinal Cushing declared, "that Turn to Page Eighteen

Religious Tension Comes From Ignorance and Fear NEW YORK (NC)-:-Ignorance and fear of other religious groups were identified here as the principal sources of religious tensions .and conflicts in public school matters. These conclusions were part of a religion and education conference for Connecticut, Mass, The report has now been Massachusetts and Rhode made public by the National CitIsland schoolmen, held la-st izens Council for Better Schools November is South Lee, here.

Fear plays a part in religious conflicts, the conferees found, when the "authoritariarr' and "nonauthoritarian" nature of the different bodies come into conflict. .BOSTON.. (NC) .:- ?,~e Pilot.' Boston archdiocesan newspaper, has proposed 10 Fear (\1 Domination questIOns relatm~ to hIS relIgIOUS belIefs t~ be put to a Methodist candidate for high public They cited the "fear of relioffice. The newspaper listed its questions for'a Methodist in reply to a Methodist bishop gious domination" by one group in schools, stemming from mis) Michael's who had proposed a set of similar questions for a Catholic candidate for the presidency. understanding of rulings by the J. Lally, editor I h' dd B' h L d Msgr. Francis Catholic Church which restrict P ' l ' n IS a ress, IS op or Catholic candidates for the J;>eacon at Father Rocha's of. the lot, explamed that said that Protestants have a presidency about their religious participation by Catholics in ac'~ Mass will be Rev. Bento Fraga the newspaper's list was in- "right and duty" to question beliefs. He then proposed the tivities such as baccalaureate .... of St. John of God Church, Somservices. tended "to show how ridifollowing set of questions: " . }erset, and Subdeacon will be The conferees agreed, howulous such questions are. "We 1) Do you believe that the r':;:,....... Rev. Mr. Manuel Ferreira, a could ask similar questions of American free public school in- ever, that ignorance is the major '1'-"".. seminarian of the Diocese from Unitarians or stitution/and system is a bul- block to the elimination of reli:.""",provincetown, studying at st. Presbyterians, Episcopalians," he added. wark of American democracy, or. gious prejudice as it affects ,';' Mary's Seminary in Baltimore. The questions were posed in do you stand for a religiously schools. They found a tendency ,. The sermon will be preached by for different religious groups to segregated school system? ,-, <kev. Luiz G. Mendonca of Mount an' editorial which closed with 2) Do you stand for the prin- misunderstand each other, even . • mel Church, New Bedford. the statement, "Moral: Anyone can play this game if he doesn't ciple of separation of Church when the issues in a dispute are .. " . . . Father Foister mind getting his hanDs dirty." and State as a principle to be not religious in character. As an example, the report / ,,' ."Rev. John R. FoIster, son of The Pilot's editorial was writapplied for the benefit of all cited a controversy in several c',~c;.'. 'Mt. and Mrs."Joseph J. FoIster, ten in response to an address churches and all creeds? . . ,; J51 Sunset Hill, Fall River, will . given' in Edgartown by Bishop 3) As President you will be New England towns over school bus transportation for parochial ielebrate a Solemn Mass. of John Wesley Lord, resident in called upon to attend many reli'~~1)~?ksgiving in Blessed·S~cra,:". the New England area for the...... gious' 'services 'in Protestant: 'school students. Turu to· Pa:e Twelve Turu to Page'Sixteeu i'if'....--.·lD' Church,. Fall RiveR. Oil' ,Method.t church.

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: Father Rocha spent his last •.. .•. '.";_ year of thological studies at the . Patriarchal Seminary. of Christ ~.'" " the King in Lisbon, and was or· J dained there on Feb. 21 of this year by Cardinal Cerejeira of Lisbon. He recently returned . from a tour of Portugal and· the • Azores and Madeira Islands, and

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