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Bishop Connolly to Offer .Opening Mass For New England CCD Participants
The 19th New England Region al Congress Qf the Confraternitl' of . Christian Doctrine scheduled 1M" next week, Aug. 26 through ..29, at the Bishop Stan g Hi.gk School, No. Dart mouth, wiJ,1 place 6. The final sessions will be heM special emphasis on Sunday afternoon, Aug. 29, on the practical from 1:30 to 3:30. side of the CCD The CCD executive Board will by conducting be discussed by Mr. Francis G. training courses , Marandett of the Worcester Dio in all phases of cesean Executive Board. Confirmation Catechetics fol'ffi the' Confrater ing the Christian Witness will, nity work. Five h 0 u r Training· be topic of the course headed . "Courses will be by SIster Dolores, OLVM, who Sislet' Dolores given at the Con headed the catechetical center at gress beginning on Saturday, Holy Trinity Parish. West Har Aug. 28. The first sessior; will be wich. Elementary teachers win also from 12:30 to 2 o'clock. The sec .nd session will be from 4:30 .. be offered courses in the Liturgy I
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and the use of Scripture in the CCD members. classroom. .Helpers, Fishers, and Par@nt Specialized courses for higk' educators will round out the school teachers will treat ado syllabus on training courses. lescent psychology and the pro The Congress will open with per approach to instructions on a Pontifical' Dialogue Mass by dating, courtship and marriage. Bishop Connolly, host to' the con All attending the opening vention, at 8 o'clock Thursday Mass as well as the closing evening, Aug. '26. Mass seheduled. for SundaT The homily at the Mass will afternoon, Aug. 29. at- 4 be given by the Most Rev. Char O'clock, are urged to receive les P. Greco, Bishop of Alexan Holy Communion. . dria, and chairman of the Bish The Apostolate of good will ops' Committee 'of the CCD. . and Discussion Clubs Courses . .Confraternity -members and will be available for interested those intending to participate in
Jesuit Says Church Renewal
Applies Principles to World
HARTFORD(NC)~The renewal of the Church brought about by the Second Vati can Council has not changed bask Church principles but only their application to .the world, 'a Boston College professor has told a joint convention of Catholic groups here. Fr. Francis X~ Weiser, S.J., spoke to some 300 delegates attending the 1l0th annual Catholic ' Central Union convention, ' . the 13th annual meeting of the Catholic Central Youth Union, and the 49th conven
tion of the NatlonalCatholic Women's Union, of which he is . spiritual director. The Council. the Hub Jesuit observed, "has opened the flood gates once more so that the mighty river may pour its waters of salvation with new and pow PRICE tOe erful currents into the world of $4.00 per ,Year today. "We should not be afraid of this 'change.' It is the same water, the same river; but be Turn to Page Five
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Holy Union Sisters Announce Transfers
Changes affecting the Immaculate Heart Province of the Religious of the Holy Union of the Sacred Hearts have been announced by the Fall River provincial house as fol-' lows: Sister Celine Rita from Sacred Hearts Academy, F'all River, to College of the Cassidy High School, Taunton~ Sacred Heans, Fall River; Sister John Matilda from Bishop Sister James Miriam from Cassidy High School to Sacred studies at St. Louis Univer Hearts Academy; Sister Mary sity to College of the Sacred Hearts; Sister Elizabeth Magda len from Sacred Hearts Academy to Immaculate Conception, As toria, N. Y. Sister Joseph Marita from Sa ered Heart, Fall River to Sacred Hearts Academy; Sister Ann Dolores from St. Francis de Sales, N. Y. to Sacred Hearts Academy; Sister Thomas Mary from Sacred Hearts Academy to Mt. Ephraim, N. J. Sister Rose Angela from Sa .red Hearts Acadeiny to Bishop
Catherine from St. Francis de Sales, N. Y. to Bishop Cassidy High School. Sister Ann Joachim from Im maculate Conception, Astoria to supervisor, College of the Sacred Hearts; Sister Helen Lucy from studies at St. Louis University to College of the Sacred Hearts; Sister Bartholomew from St. Joseph School, Swedesboro, N. J. .to St. Michael School, Fall River. From 'Juniorate The following. Sisters have been assigned from the Fall River Juniorate: Sister John Baptist to Sacred Heart School, Fall River; Sister Helen Patrick t<l Holy Ghost, Tiverton; Sister Joseph Catherine to Pt. Pleasant. Among 200 elementary school N. J.;Sister Virginia Emmanuel to St. Francis de Sales,N. Y.; administrators and teachers par Sister Eugene Olga to St. Wil ticipating in a two week insti tute at Boston College are Sister liam of York, Baltimore; Sister Kenneth' Agnes to Mt. Ephraim, Mary St. Clement, F.M.M., prin cipal, and Sister Mary Josetta, N. J.; Sister Bernadine Marie to F.M.M. of Espirito Santo School, Patchogue, N. Y. To Sacred Heart Fall River; Mother St. Roland, Sister Nora William from SS. R.J.M., Notre Dame School, Fall River; Mother Donatilla, R.S.D., Philip and James, St. James, Our Lady of Mt. Carmel, New N. Y. to Sacred Heart, Fall River; Bedford; Sister Rose Francis, Sister Noreen Mary from Mt. S.U.S.C., principal, St. Mary Ephraim to Sacred Heart, Fall River; Sister Thomas Maureen ~chool, Taunton. Al s 0 Sister ,M. '. Domitilla. from St. Anthony. Portsmouth, Turn to Page Eighteea Turn to Page Twelve
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their Parish Confraternities are urged to fill out and send in the . registration form for training courses found on Page Nineteen of this' issue of The Anchor. Theme of this Congress is "Let Your Light Shine Before Men." It sums up the aim ;of the Confra ternity which is to let ,)nen see and appreciate more the Light of Christ and the "good news" that . He came to give FranCIS Marandett .to men. Congress plans have been 'formulatedby Rev. Joseph L. Powers, Diocesan Confraternity Director.
Bishop Regan Reception Friends of Bishop Joseph W. Regan, M.M., Fairhaven native who is Prelate Ordinary of Ta gum, Philippines, will sponsor a reception for him from 7 to 10 Sunday night, Aug. 22 at the Italian-American Club, Bismarck Street, 'Mattapan, Mass. . The Bishop, expelled from China in 1951 by the 'Commu nists, was reassigned to the Phil ippines in 1952. He was conse crated Bishop in 1962 and his Diocese, an area as large as Massachusetts, has' a population of some half million, nearly all Catholics. He supervises 18 Dioc esan high schools, three colleges, five grammar schools aild a minor and major seminary. His most recent project was the equipping and opening of an 80 bed hospital. Annual Report In his annual report of mission activity, Bishop Regan noted that his Diocese reported more than 19,000 baptisms, mostly' of chil dren, in the past year. Superior of 45 Maryknoll priests, the Bishop said this high level of sacramental activity is indicative of the challenge facing mission ers in caring for the spiritual needs of the people as well as in taking the initiative in other social and welfare projects. Another indication of this high level, according to Bishop Regan, is the number of confirmations. The missioner said more than 11,000 persons received that sac rament last YQll_
Frater Mark Dittami ·Ordination Thursday A 53-year-old grandfather, former resident of Swan sea and Fairhaven, will receive the Sacrament of Holy Orders at noon Thursday, Aug. 26 at the Carmelite Semi nary in Hamilton. Footer Mark Dittami, O. Carm., former salesman and advertising consultant, is a veteran of World War II and the Kore an War. He was married in 1036 to the late Marietta Ruscitti of Medford. He has one daughter and three' grandchildren. First Solemn Masses will be celebrated at St. Raphael's
Church, West Medford at 4 P.M.
Sunday, Aug. 29 and at noon Sunday, Sept. 5 at St. Michael's Church, Swansea. Frater Dittami said that 'the idea of being of service to people was a motivating factor in his decision to become a priest fol lowing the death of his .wife. He entered the Carmelite no vitiate at Aylesford, England in 1962. Simple and solemn vows were received by his brother, Rev. Mario L. Dittami, at Kin sale, Jieland in 1963 and at the Turn to Page Three
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Urges Superiors to Mold Potential of Subjects NORTH.EASTON (NC) Religious superiors tooofteft become so involved with ad ministrative details that they lose the "human touch" in deal ings with subordinates who wish to improve themselves, a Holy Cross Brother said here. Brother Herman E. Zaccarelli, C.S.C., director of the Food Re search Center for Catholic Insti tutions at Stonehill College here, told an audience of 350 religious superiors that superiors should renounce their "ghetto-like" at titude of the 19th century. "Encourage your subjects to develop and make use of their full potential for the sake of Christ," 'B rot her Zaccarelli urged. He said he Wall concerned pu.
ticularly with Religious who are assigned "to the kitchen and for gotten." Brother Zaccarelli is expert on purchase, preparation, service imd storage of goods. He directs courses here designed for Religious assigned to food work on a large scale in Catholic col leges, hospitals, seminaries and similar institutions. Brother Zaccarelli told the su periors that at a recent food service workshop a survey dis closed the following "hard.. hitting" statistics: 36 per cent of the Religious workers had only a grade school education; 44 per cent were graduated from high school, but more tha'n 89 per cent were "eager to over come their educational deficien cies and improve their profelTum to Pale :Nineteea.·