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A Laoor Day eve dinner meeting will honor Rev. Benjamin'L. Masse, S.J., preacher ,for the third annual Labor Day Mass ~ be held at 9 ~ll the holiday morning in St. Mary's Cathedral, according to announcement made by , Dan,iel 'J~ McCarthy, seere-. tar.y, of the United Labor ':Couooii of' Greater FaR , Riv.er,' sP,Onsoring organiza-
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Bishop Donaghy InvestsTh ree In, "'I Order I~ ew MIAOLI (NC)-Three Chinese' women, have been invested in a newly estabiished, native congregation here, the Sisters of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary. Bishop Frederick A.Donaghy, M,M., Maryknoll regional superioI', ,and New Bedford' native officiated at the ceremony. The three al'e Sister Theresa Hua of
Education of the Department of Health, Education and Welfare. The Federal education office estimated that 6,800,000 childrel\ 'will be in nonpublic elem~ntary and secondary schools. Its report does not break this down into the number attending Catholic schools and the number in other independent educational institutions. In April of this year, the NCWC department reported that for the first time, the combined total enrollment in Catholic grad~ and high schools had passE,ld the five million mark, a Turn to Page Twelve
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cation director and' will teach two history, ~lass~s at Bishop Stang High School this academic
i2y'EARS A PRIEST: Parishioners of. Our Lady of ,: ,Miss Moore, daughter of Mr~ Lourdes Parish, Tau"itron, feted their pastor::on the occs- & Mrs PatrickJ. 'Moore of St. iioft of his completing 52 eats in the gei·.v.i~¢,<>f God., Left ,L'awren'ce',s'Parisb, New' Bed, ' 'fotd~' a'nd 'sister' of Rev: John' tlo right;. Chairman Edward S. Franco, Rev.. :E., Sousa de "':tr. Moo[e, curate at Holy Name Mel~, Mrs. Louis C~rdeiro, Father de Mello's'~sisteJ;. ": C;:hurch, Fa~ll Ri.v~r, ,gra,duated
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WASHINGTON (NC)-About 5,539/750 students wilt enroll in'U.S. Catholic colleges, high schools and elementary schools this Fall, setting another record high total. The totals estimated in a report made here are: Grade schools: 4,389,963, an increase of ' kindergarten t h r 0 ugh grade 127,863 over last year. High 12, will enroll an estimated schools: 849,850, an increase 37,600,000 ~tudents, according to of 24,753. Colleges and uni- a report from the U. S. Office of
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, ' , '. . By Patricia McGowan . A wiry veteran of the Maryknoll Missions, who has "Homesick headache" tops the list of ailments'treated at the shi~y first aid headquarters of St. Vincent de Paul" taught philosophy to hundreds of, seminarians in nearly Health Camp, Westport, according to Terence Keenan, ~;:~~ssii~e::efo~::::s:e~~:i~~s~ " three decades as a priest, is visiting his Fan River brothers counselor-seminarian in charge. "When a boy complains of , Japanese and English. and sisters on home leave from his assignment in Merida, ~~~~~~F~~~;'''':::~''~''7'''';':'T;~ Yucatan, Mexi~o. He is Rev. headache, I give hi~ what I call nly' T~C pill," explained ~,' Leo - J.- Melancon, M.M., a Terence. "That means 'tennative of St: Anne's parish, der, loving care' and it's a who' is staying with a sister babY aspirin." If the youngster's headache i S I >_ from homesickness, he disap,x pears, happy that something has been done' for him, soon gets absorbed in camp activities, and isn't heard from again. If it's the real McCoy, he's back again very soon, says Terence, and can thcn bc seriously examined. "You'vc got to be wiser than they al'c," hc chuckled. , But real illnesses are not handled' casually. To assist Terence and head counselor John Andrews, also a seminarian, mcmbers 0 f the Fall River Council of Catholle Nurses have for the past ~ seasons supervised nursing __ at the camp. Operating on a rotation sya'';:.., _ ..A'.)·• ,'''.' tern directed b y M rs. Ell a M c.. Nally of the city of Fall River ',.". , Catholic Nurses' Guild, mem'1, • ;.. bers take turns in visiting the ':.~ '~,,-,. camp and examining a i l i n g ' - " ....-.. _. . -.----""-, youngsters. OSTERVILLE TEA AUGUST 24: Planning next Wednesday afternoon's Tea and They take care of minor mat- Reception to the Bishop which will be held on the grounds of Our Lady of the Assumption t'ers and see that a doctor is Church, Osterville, to benefit Nazareth on the Cape,' the recently-established school in summoned when necessary... Wdtten instructions they leave Hyannis for exceptional children, are, left to right, Mrs. Joseph Cronin, Rev. John T. '1!'1!!l1'1l to Page 'J;wenty Higgins, Mrs. 'Ralph J. Shea, Mrs. James J. O:LearyJr., and Mrs. Thomas J. Lyons.
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