SL MARGARET JOAN
SR. MARIE CHARLOTTE
SR. ANNE MONICA
SR: ANN DENISE
SR. BERNADETTE LOUISE
:SR. HELENA MARGARET
SISTERS OF.NOTRE DAME de NAMUR TO STAFF FIRST DIOCES¥N REGIONAL HIGH SCHOOL IN DARTMOUTH
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Fa'il Riv.er, Mass. 'Thursday, August 20, 1959
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Notre Dame Sisters Eager To Teach at Magnificent New Bishop Stang High ,By Marion Unsworth With back.to school time almost here, finishing touches, are being appIieq to Bishop Stang High School, North Dartmouth, 'for the opening of scJiool on Wednesday, Sept. 9. And in Waltham six Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur are '~all ready and ahxi~us" to take up their duties at the new DiOcesan high school. They are presently waiting word that their new convent is prepared for 'occupancy. "We do not know the exact date we will move into the convent,"
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reports Sister Anne Denise, S:N.D., who will be superior and ArraDgemeDts are' beiD&, principal of Bishop Stang, "but J ~. , I~ 0." , ,, Aathori-i at 'all RI.... Ma•. $4.00 per'." •• made with the UD,ion Street it will be soon. There isn't, too .ailway, of, New Bedford to much time before school opens traDSPOrt' children from the' and there are many details to DiocesaD' area to the Dew be seen to. We'll go as soon as , Bishop Stan&' High School, we receive word." Rev. Edward J. Gorman. Dioc~saD superiDteDdeDt of schools, The new school's registration' is.almost full, said the principal. annouDces. With room for 240 in the fresh, Stu d eDt s will purchase 'Changes and t~arisfers aimounced today by the Sisters man class, there remain only a' tickets at the relrular stuMercy, Province-of Providence, affect 21 Religious who few vacimcies for fortunate studeDts' rate which is 'oDe-half, dents who will begin their high , will. come, into ot leave the Fall ~iver Diocese,· or will move the ZODe rate., Fall River stuschool careers in the most moddeDts will take the', regular within it from one house to' another. They include Sister ern educational plant' in ' New Fall River-New,'Bedford UDion :M-arietta, transferred' from late Conception, will join the England. Street Itailway bus which will. St. Xavier Convent, Provi- fllculty of St. Louis School~ Fall 1:0 out PleasaDt Street. Pupils . 'Bishop stang will be the first dence, to Mount St. Mary River, residing, at Mount St. foundation of the Siste~s of from points east of Fairhaven Notre' Dame de Namur in ,the will •ride the Capeway ~us Convent, Fali River; Sister Mary Convent.. , Fall River Diocese. The comFive Sisters now at MounTSt. and conDect with UDioD Street M~ry Jacoba, from St. Michael munity will become the 27th Railway busses, probably iD Convent, Prov~deri,ce, to Holy Mary Convent, Fall River~ 'are active here. Fairhaven. Name Convent, New Bedford; affected by changes. Sister Marie Founded in France in 1803 by Sister Mary Bernadetta, fro~ Lorraine and Sister Mary Phyl- , : AcushDet aDd Fairhaven St. Michael's to St, Vincent's lis will teach at Mount St. Mary studeDts will take' the relrular , Blessed' Julie Billiart, the moth- , Academy, Fall River; Sister Home, ,Fall River. USRR busses aDd transfer in , erhouse was later transferred to ' Namur, ,Belgium. From "there the New ,Bedford center to' . 'Sister . Mary Priscilla, now at Mary Amabilis will go to St. Sisters established foundations take a' bus directly to the Mary's Convent, Newport, John the Evangelist, b-ttleboro; in England, Scotland, Italy, the school. ,'" come to St. John the Evan- Sister Mary Caroleen is assigned Belgian Congo, South Africa, ~,Classes will start at 8:45 gelist Convent, Attleboro'. Also to' St. Joseph's, Fall River; and China, Japan, Hawaii and the ~.M. Father Gorman said a assigned to St. John the Evan- Sister Mary Anton will go to st. United States. complete bus 'Schedule will gelist Iw, Sister Mary Victorine, Mary Convent, Bay View, Riverside. be ready withiD a few days. Turn to Page Five now at O~r Lady of Mercy, East Two Sisters will move from Greenwich. ' Sister Mary Benita, now at St. Joseph Convent, Fall River; to 'other city schools. They are Immaculate Conceptio'n, Westerly: wIll transfer to St.- Pat- Sister Mary Annita, going to St. ' ri.ck'ConvEmt, Fall ',Rive'r. Sister .Patrick's, and Sister- Mary TurD to Page Twelve Mary: Mercita, also at Immacu-
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, Bishop Connolly aDDounced today that Ricliard Cardinal Cashin&,. Archbishop of 'Boston,- will preside and deliver the princnpal address at the dedieation of the school Wed- ' nesday. Nov. 11. Bishop Con:': nolly will start the dedication eeremony at % P.M. The Cardinal will speak at 2:30 in the auditorium. Cardinal C~shinlr has manlfeste'd intense iDtereSt in Bishop Stal1&' Hi&,h School sinee the start'of the fundraisll1&' campai&,n.' addressi.nc and blesshi&' the volunteer campaign workers at the solemn opening of the drive in St. Anthony of Padua Hall. New Bedford. Speaking at the luncheon following the consecration of Most Rev. James J. Gerrard. D.D•• Cardinal Cushinlr presented a check for $50,000 to Bishop Connolly for a chapel at the new school. in memory of the -late Most Rev. iames E. CassidY, Bishop of Fall River from 1934 until hLi death iD 1951.
Regional Hig~ Offers Finest Facilities For ,Ambitious Science Students
Avis C. Robe~ts "Bishop Stang High School will have one of the finest science departments of any school in the Eastern Seaboard States," Rev. Edward J. Gorman, Diocesan superintendent of schools, told The Anchor this week. Located on the third floor on the Slocum Road side of the school, the department will include four laboratories-a complete general science A 15-week lay teacper traini!1g course for the greater laboratory, 45 by 25 feet; a the Kewaunee Manufac'turing, distributed in this area by GledFall River area, sponsored by the Diocesan Confraternity of biology labqratory, 36 by 25 Company, Adrian Mich., and hill Bros., Inc., Boston. Future scientists of world reChristian D'octrine, will be conducted on Saturday after- feet; a physics laboratory, nown may well come from the noons beginning Oct. 3 in St. Louis Auditorium, ~radford 45 by 25 feet, and a chemistry laborat'ory, 54 by 2' feet Bishop Stang laboratories, comAvenue, Fall River, Rev., "Present and prospective lay a m~ to' pletely equipped with facilities Each laboratory is capable of to-challenge the most gifted. Joseph L. Powers, Diocesan teachers of Christian Doctrine C C D director; announces. should be particularly, encou~ handling six sections of 24 stuIn a setup almost unique Instructor will ,be Sister aged to t!ke the ~ourse.. ~t WIll dents e~ch. 'WASHINGTON (NC) among high schools, both the , ., not be a course 10 RehgIOn or The labc;>ratory section' 1nb chemistry and' physics laboraMarie Charles' of the MISSIOn doctrine, but one in,the methods eludes a large SUPPlY room, two Sister Margaret has een, tories have' separate advanced Helpers of ~he S~cred Heart, and techlliques of teaching Reli- storerooms, two 'preparation' named president of Trinity' "work areas for, the use of unuspresently s.tahoned 10 ~oston.. gion. It is suggested that each rooms and two -lecture roomS. 'College h~e, Sister Elizabeth : ually talented ,students; Here "Men, women, and high school pastor appoint a, chairman of lay , The supply room is served bY;1n Carmelita, Provincial Supe- . experiments may be set up and seniQrs from the Greater Fall teachers' for his parish. 'J,'he elettrical. '.(1umb- waiter which rior of the Baltimore Province, left ir!-', pl~ce until completed
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36-Year Old Nun N d Heo d Trinity College
River parishes are eligible to priests will' be most welcome to take the course upon recom- ,attend the course, "along with mendation of their pastor,". Fater , . their.,parish group. ' Powers! announcement states. ' , Turn to Pace ,Tweln
can, be lo~d~d '~rom th,eground Sisters of. Nptre Dame de Namur, : without ',fear of interference flo<if..r,ec;eivll~,room. ' , ' , • ',' hasiu).iIouhced..... _ , ' , . ' .. froiD' 'others needing space. "AI'1 equiPJ!i~nt .lis"supplled,-b;r"'" Turn to Page Five Tum,toPqe Fivo