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Bishop1s -Office Lists Clergy Appointments Most Reverend Daniel A. Cronin, S.T.D., Bishop of Fall River, today appointed twelve diocesan priests to various posts throughout the Diocese. Appointed were: Rev. Msgr. Patrick J. O'Neill, D.Ed., as Administrator of SS. Peter and Paul Parish, Fall River, while remaining Diocesan Director of Education. Rev. John C. Martins, as Administrator of St. Peter Parish, Provincetown. Rev. Edward J. Byington, as Diocesan Director of Communications and Editor of The Anchor, in residence at St. Patrick Parish, Fall River. Rev. Jay T. Maddock, as Assistant Pastor of Sacred Heart Parish, Taunton. Rev. Timothy J. Place, as As-
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sistant Pastor of St. George Parish, Westport. Rev. John P. Cronin, as Assistant Pastor of St. Joseph Parish, Taunton. Rev. George E. Harrison, as Assistant Pastor of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Parish, Seekonk. Rev. Arnold R. Medeiros, as Assistant Pastor of St. Anthony Parish, Taunton. . Rev. John A. Perry, as Assistant Pastor of St. Mary Parish, New Bedford, and Campus Ministry at Southeastern Massachusetts Un,iversity. Rev. Thomas C. Lopes, Assistant Pastor at St. John the Baptist Parish, New Bedford, as Chaplain to the Juvenile Court of New Bedford. ' Rev. Raymond A. Robillard, Turn to Page Sixteen
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LIBERTY and JUSTICE FOR ALL By ROSE MARTIN
,Freedom to embrace a Religious vocation was one of the liberties won by American Catholics through the War of Independence. On the veiling day of the first nun to be professed in the original United States, a Jesuit priest, Father .Charles Neale, declared that it was "by
the happy Revolution of the Government in America" that God "has drawn. us out of our bondage and restored us to our just rights." The symbol of the liberty hailed by Father Neale was Elizabeth Carberry, 47, who on May I, 1972, became a Discalced Turn to Page Eleven
Jesuit Father Francis Sullivan of the Gregorian University here will discuss ecclesiology and Redemptorist Father Sean O'Riordan of Rome's Alphonsianum University, will dis'cuss moral theology. Jesuit Father Francis McCool of the Pontifica'l Biblical Institute will be the staff moderator for all presentations and discussions. Bishop Cronin, in his capacity as Chairman of the special Committee of Bishops which is con.cerned w.ith the direction of the North American College, noted that he anticipates that the sessions will be most fruitful and beneficial for all participants. The theologans include Do-' Bishop Cronin explained that minican Father Ambrose Mc- this year's Consultation will be Nicholl of Rome's University of modeled on a progr,am previSt. Thomas also known as the ously held. His Eminence TerAngelicum, who will discuss ence Cardinal Cooke, Archbishcontemporary philosophy; Sul- op of New York, whom Bishop pician Father Raymond Brown of Union Theological Seminary in New York, who will discuss Feast of the Assumption New Testament problems, and Jesuit Father David Stanley of Holyday of Obligation 路the Jesuit thealogate in Toronto, Friday - August 15 Canada, who will discuss Christology in the New Testament. His Excellency, the Most Reverend Daniel A. Cronin, Bishop of Fall River and Chairman of the United States Catholic Conference Episcopal Committee for the North American College, announced that he will participate in the Secohd Theological Consultation which will be held in Rome at Casa Santa Maria, the house for graduate studies of the North American College from August 30th to September 28th. Bishop Cronin will lead a group of thirty American Bishops who will meet dur,ing the Consultation with a group of theologians for study and discussion of a variety of pertinent topics.
Cronin succeeded as Chairman of the Episcopal Committee for the North American College, led a delegation of members of the American hierarchy a year ago at the first Consultation. The new Rector of the North American College, Reverend Monsignor Harold P: Darcy, scheduled this year's gathering in response to widespread interest expressed by many American Bishops. Father Dennis F. Sheehan of Boston, who is program director of the Consultation said, "These consultations are an organized effort to make an exchange between bishops and theologians possible. We stdve to offer a wide spectrum of views and interest. When poss-ib'le, the theologians live in the house, and that makes informa1 discusSiion easy. "Besides the discussions, we invite members of the various Vatican offices to visit and speak to the bishops. In that way, the Vatican people get acquainted with the views and problems of the various dioceses, and our bishops gain f.irc;thand knowledge of the central offices of the Church." .
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Name Fr. .Byington First Director Of Office of Communications His Excellency, the Most Reverend Danie'l A. Cronin, Bishop of Fall River, announced today the establishment of a new Diocesan Office of Communications. Bishop Cronin' has appointed the Reverend Edward J. Byington as first director of the Communications office. Father Byington, who will assume his duties on August 27th, has been named by Hishop Cronin to. succeed Reverend Monsig..nor Daniel F. Shalloo as Editor of The Anchor. "It is apparent," Bishop Cronin ex.ptained,; "that oar Diocesan newspaper will remain the primary organ of communications." The new Diocesan Director of Communications will channel much of his energy into' The Anchor.' Father Byington will also coordinate the prep.aration and re1ease of news items and stories descrihing activities of Diocesan apostolates and will serve as liaison with media outlets in and outside the Diocese. He is expected to serve as spokesperson for the Bishop and the Diocese in many varied contacts with media representatives. Bishop Cronin noted that Father Byington will serve in his riew position on a full-time basis. Father Byington will reside at Saint Patrick's Rectory in. Fall River. The Diocesan Office of Communications wiU be located at the Diocesan cemplex on Highland Avenue. Bishop Cronin paid ~pecial tribute to Monsignor Daniel F. Sl1alloo and Father John P. Driscoll who have been associated with. The Anchor since its incepHon eighteen years ago. "We are' profoundly grateful to Monsignor Sha1100 and his collab-
ish. Father Driscoll is intimately associated with the direction of Holy Family High School in New Bedford, the venerable parochial school at St. Lawrence Parish. "Monsignor Shalloo kept advising me that it was time for 'new blood,'" the Bishop stated, "and I supp,ose that he meant that a younger man might come to The Anchor. Certainly, no-one could be more vigorous than he and Father Driscoll continue to be." The possibility has now come, Bishop Cronin commented, of allowing a priest to engage in Turn to Page Three
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orator, Father Driscoll," the Bishop said, noting the devotion and competence with which 'the two priests, heavi!y burdened with administrative and parochial responsibilities, had otought to .the editorial offices of The Anchor. "Monsignor Sha1100 has been warning me for some time now," the Bishop explained, "that he and Father Driscoll were finding it increasingly diffkult to maintain the high standards of The Anchor and tend to the pastoral care of souls in their respective parishes." Monsignor 8halloo is Pastor of Holy .Name Parish in the See City and Father Driscoll is Pastor of Saint Lawrence Par路 ish ,in New Bedford; both are large parishes with many pastora'! endeavors. Monsignor Shal100 is a frequent visitor to Truesdale Hospital where Sacramental care of patients is the responsibility of Holy Name Par-
Religious Ed Sets Theme Faith Alive Representatives from the two New England Archdioceses and the nine dioceses will gather in Hartford the weekend of August 23-24 for the Twenty-Eighth New England Congress of Religious Education centering on the theme, Faith Alive. Religious educators-lay men and women, priests, Sisters amI Brathers~parents and interested Catholks and Christians - will gather to attend talks and seminars and to exchange programs and views on such topics as spirituality, preparing young people for religious maturity, position of minorities, bicentennial topics the Nat'ional Catholic Directory, prayer, sacraments, the retarded. Wide-ranging discussions on the Turn to Page Four