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Dio,cese Contrib.utes For African Relief His Excellency, the Most Reverend Daniel A.' Cronin, Bishop of Fall River, -announced today that a contribution of $2,500. had been immediately sent to the Treasurer of the United States Catholic Conference in Washington, to assist in the work of the Catholic Relief Services of the United States in relieving the distress of residents of SubSahara Africa who are suffering from the dreadful effects of a long and severe drought. The contribution, sent in - the name of the clergy, religious and laity of the Diocese of Fall River, was identified by Bishop Cronin as an immediate response to the need. Residents of the Diocese are invited by Bishop Cronin to transmit contributions to the Catholic Relief Services ef-
fort in affected areas directly to the Chancery Office, Box 2577, Fall River, Massachusetts, 02720. The assurance is given that contrjbutions received will be promply sent to Conference Headquarters to be added to the massive national Catholic response to the situation. For six years, northwest Africa has been in the grip of a disastrous and tragic drought, 'bringing starvation, disease and death to many thousands. The drought not only continues but has spread across Africa and India and now threatens to cast its pall of misery virtually around the 'World. Most immediately affected are the peoples of the countries of Sub-Sahara Africa, where each day tens of Turn to Page Two
Father Vicl'or Masse Rites In St. Joseph's, Attleboro Rev. Victor O. Masse, M.S., retired pastor of St. Anthony of Padua Parish, New Bedford, and a recent member of the La SaJette religious community died Monday evening, Aug. 12, at the age of 90. A secular priest in the Diocese of Fall R,iver for 49 years, he entered the La Salette order in 1960 at the age of 76 and was professed in January 1961. His funeral will be held tomorrow (Friday) morning at St. Joseph Church,_ Attleboro, at 10:30,
Born in Canada in 1884, Father Masse later moved to Fall River. J-Ie was ordained in Louvain, Belgium in 1911. As assistant pastor he served in Sacred Heart and St. Anthony of Padua Parishes in New Bedford. His first pastorate was St. Michael Parish, Ocean Grove. In 1935, Father Masse was named pastor of Sacred Heart Parish, No. Attleboro and five Turn to Page Three
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JUBILEE MASS: Participating in路 the Golden Jubilee celebration of Our Lady of Health Parish in Fall River, were, left to right, Rev. Manuel Andrade, pastor; Most Rev. Daniel A. Cronin, S.T.D., Bishop of Fall River; Humberto Cardinal Medeiros, Archbishop of Boston, who celebrated the Mass; Most Rev. James J. Gerrard, D.D., Auxiliary Bishop of Fall River; and Joseph Morais, chairman of the anniversary committee.
New' Bill and路 Court Decision
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WASHINGTON (NC)~A U.S. Catholic Conference (USCC) education official called "truly monumental" the $25 billion aid to education bill passed July 31 by the House of Representatives and sent to the White House. This is the bill that President Ford, in Monday's address to the Congress, said that he would sign "in a few days.". Dr. Edward R. D'Alessio, director of the USCC Division of Elementary and Secondary Education, said the bill, H.R. 69, the Education Amendments of 1974, "renews and reaffirms the federal commitment to equal educational opportunity for all of the nation's school children which was begun in 1965 with the Elementary and Secondary Education Act." The 1965 act has provided sub-
stantial aid to nonpubIic schools since its enactment. The new measure, D'Alessio said, "amends and extends this historic education bill while broadening the scope of educational programs to reach virtually every educationally deprived child in the country and addressing national educational priorities as they have been identified over the course of the past eight years." The House passed the bill, 328 to 83, after defeating efforts by antibusing members to bring about another confrontation with the Senate. The final bill embodied a compromise reached in House-Senate conference which permits courts to order busing when it is considered necessary to ,protect the constitutional rights of minority children.
Diocesan Clergy Assignments
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, Most Rev. Daniel A. Cronin, S.T.D., Bishop of Fall River', today announced clergy changes affecting six assistant pastors in the Diocese. Rev. Martin L. Buote, assistant at St. Joseph Parish, Fall River, will take up duties at 51:. Thomas More Parish, Somerset, as assistant. Rev. Robert J. Carter, assistant at Sacred Heart Parish, Fall River, will be assistant pastor at St. Mary Parish, North Attleboro. Rev. Kenneth J. Delano, assistant at St. Joseph Parish, Fall River, will serve as assistant at St. Patrick Parish, Fall River. Rev. Leonard M. Mullaney, assistant at Our Lady of Fatima Parish, New Bedford, will be as-
sistant pastor at Immaculate Conception Parish, Taunton, whiie remaining Director of Cathedral Camp. _ Rev. Richard A. Shean, assistant at Corpus Christi Parish, Sandwich, will take up similar duties at St. Mary Parish, Seekonk. Rev. Ralph D. Tetrault, assistant at St. Patrick Parish, Wareham, will serve as assistant at Sacreq Heart Parish, Fall River. All the assignments are effec-
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tive Wednesday, September } I, 1974. Born in Fall River on April 4, 1933, Rev. Martin L. Buote is the son of Margaret J. (Martin) and the late John A. Buote. After an early education at Pottersville School, Somerset, and Somerset High School, and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, he prepared for the priesthood at St. Philip Neri, Cardinal O'Connell and St. John seminaries in the Boston area. He was ordained a priest on January 30, 1960. Father Buote has served at Immaculate Conception Parish, Taunton, Immaculate Conception Parish, North Easton, St. Joseph Turn to Page Two
The rejected House version of the bill would have practically forbidden busing past the school next-nearest a child's home and would have allowed reopening court cases in which busing had been ordered. The bill authorizes funds for the next two to four years fOf various programs, some dependent on future appropriations legislation: D'Alessio singled out as "significant changes" in the bill: "The broadening of bilingual education;" Turn to Page Three
Pope PouI Prciys For President CASTELGANDOLFO (NC) Pope Paul VI has sent President Gerald Ford "prayerful good wishes" and blessings for "all the beloved Amer.ican people." The Pop-e's telegram was the first official reaction to the transfer of the U. S. presidency from Richard Nixon to Ford. No Vatican comment was fort'hcoming (rom any of the usual sources, Vatican Radio, L'Osservatore Romano (the Vatican da,i1y), or the Vatican press office when news of Nixon's resignation was first announced. In his telegram, sent from his summer residence here outside of Rome, Pope Paul told President Ford: ~ "As you accede to the presidency of the United States of America, we assure you of our prayerful good wishes and we gladly invoke upon you and all .the beloved American people an abundance of guiding and strengthening blessings."