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VILLANOVA (NC)-A bishop concluded here it "is Ii deplorable lack of reality tbat leads a critic to say that a graduate of a seminary will have only the barest acquaintances with literature, psychology, sociology, economics, history and political science." Bishop Joseph McShea of Allentown, Pa., asserted: "Until contemporary electronics produce A machine to :ppur forth know ledge both infused and in tuitive, I defy any man pre paring for the priesthood or
any specialized calling to acquire the collateral proficiencies de manded by the strident voice of PRICE lOc such criticism." © 1964 The Anchor $-4.00 per Year Bishop McShea preached the sermon at the Solemn Pontifical Mass which marked the dedica. tion of the new St. Mary's Hall, collegiate seminary of the Au gustinian Fathers here in Penn sylvania. Francis Cardinal Spellman _of New York presided and Arch Egidio Vagnozzi, Apos "Pastoral solicitude for all'his flock; devotion to duty; bishop tolic Delegate in the United eapable administration, generosity to so many in such di States, offered the Mass. verse ways" were the characteristics singled out by Rt. Rev. Bishop McShea said the true John J. Hayes, pastor of Holy Name Church, New Bedford, joy of the occasion should spring . from "the consternation, im in his eulogy Tuesday morn provement and intensification of ing over Rt. Rev. Leonard J. your training programs for Daley, pastor of St. Francis future priests" rather than from' Xavier Church, Hyannis, $5 million expended in stone, steel and marble joined with Who died Thursday evening in glass and wood in the new build &to Anne's Hospital, Fall River ing complex. ~ter serving ten years in the Elape Parish. Since the first Augustiniaa novice was accepted at Villa Monsignor Hayes stated: "It Turn to Page Seventeen death diminishes us, and if this be true, how grievously dimin ished we are in the death' of a priest. It is then only natural for the Catholic heart to be sad dened, since it is the very nature of the priesthood to be such an H. Frank Reilly; Diocesan intimate part of our existence." president of the Society of St. The eulogist continued, "At Vincent de Paul, anounces the Che thought of so much good organization's 25th annual Dioc extinguished, we are tempted esan retreat, to be held the to say 'Too bad-he died'. Yet; weekend of Sept. 18 at Cathedral if with the eyes of faith, we saw Camp, East Freetown. the priesthood of' Monsignor Rev. William D. 'Thomson, Daley, as he himself saw it, as pastor of St. Mary's Church, only an instrument in the hands Norton, and Diocesan Vincen of God, a rusty pipe if you will, tian Director, will conduct the through whom God would chan retreat. A graduate of Boston nel the clear waters of divine College, he holds degrees of grace into countless souls; if we Bachelor of Sacred Theology eould see how many souls have from St. Mary's Seminary, Balti today a stronger faith, because more and Master of Arts from of that portion of a good man's Catholic University. life, the little, unremembered . He has served a.s spiritual di acts of kindness and of love; if rector of St. Mary's Home, New We could see the souls buffeted Bedford, chaplain of the Bristol by misfortune and lifted up by County House of Correction, and his consoling hands; souls Director of Diocesan Charities, cleansed by his sympa,thctic in addition to his long associa. heart; then our hea-rt would now tion with the Society of St. IlaY, 'Thank God, he lived'." Vincent de Paul. In the course of the retreat Turn to Page Eighteen BT. REV. LEONARD 1. DALEY Ozanam Sunday, Sept. 20 will be observed, said Mr. Reilly.
Fall River, Mass., Thursday, August 20, 1964
Vol. 8, No. 34
Life of Msgr. Daley Era of Dedication
Vincentians Set Retreat Date
Sisters' of St. Joseph Announce Transfers Affectin.g Diocese
St. Theresa's Convent, Fan River, Provincial House of the Sisters of St. Joseph, announces the following .r.:hanges affecting m.embers of the community in the Fall River Diocese: Sister Jean Marie from St. lean Baptiste, Fall River, to Blessed Sacrament, Fall River. Sister Marie du St. Sacrament from St. Louis, Swansea, 10 St. lean Baptiste, -Fall River. Sister Ernest Marie from St. 'l'herese, New Bedford, to St. lean Baptiste, Fall River. Sister Marie Euphrasie from St. Roch, Fall River, to St. Jo seph, New Bedford. Sister Ste. Monique from St. Louis, Swansea, to St. Joseph New Bedford. Sister Marie Ernest from St. .Tean Baptiste, Fall River, to 5t. loseph, New Bedford. Sister Laurence from St. Jo. fleph, New Bedford, t~ St. Roch, , Fall River! ..
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Sister Ste. Anne from St. Therese, New Bedford, ~ St. Roch, Fall River. Sister Marie Joseph from St. Joseph, New .Bedford, to St. Mathieu, Fall River. From Louisiana Sister Ste. Genevieve, from St. Joseph, Vinton, La. to St. Mathieu, Fall River. Sister Marie Alphonse from St. Mathieu, Fall River, to St. LOUis, Swansea. Sister Ste. Marguerite from Blessed Sacrament, Fall River., to St. Louis, Swansea. Sister Annette Marie from St. Joseph, New Bedford, to St.
Louis, Swansea. Sister Louis de Gonzague from St. Michael, Ocean Grove to St.
Theres~, New Bedford. Sister Francoise Therese from St. Louis, Swansea, to at.
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PREPARE FOR CONVENTION: Among those who will represent the Fall River Diocese at forthcoming Con fraternity of Christian Doctrine convention are, from left, Miss Leonor M. Luiz, James M. Kelleher, Miss Patricia Makin.
Fall River Native Keynote Speaker at CCD Session Edward B. Hanify, native of Sacred Heart parish, Fa' River, and now a prominent Boston attorney, will be ke}C note speaker at the firs-t evening general session of the 18tlt . annual New England Regional Congress of the Confrate.. nity of Christian Doctrine, gl'8Ph 00mpa·ny. His topc i t"" d A ug. CCD meeting will be thea conto be h eld Th ursay, 27 through Sunday, Aug. 30 gress theme: "That I May B~ at Cathedral High School, Christ."
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Springfield. Mr. Hanify, a graduate of Sacred Heart parochial school, Holy Cross College and Harvard Law School, is a direet<;>r of many Boston corporations and of the American Telephone and Tele-
Also representing Nte ~ River Diocese will be Miss I.e onor Luiz, a member of the Dio cesan CCD Executive Board. She will be in charge of the Helper" Workshop. Helpers is a CCD d'- I 1 Turn to Page- Four 1
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"The Church" and "His Church", how do they affect each other? One is the product of the Holy Father's prayel" fui meditations and intense desires; the other is to be the product of the world's bishops' debates. In his encyclical letter, "His Church", the a marginal exhortation. Pope repeatedly disclaims_ piece, dedicated to· the themes anti any intention of intruding hopes of Vatican II. It is not a upon the great pastoral and judgment upon its achievement!llo
and ecumenical themes of Vati can II. He will not draw up, out line, or otherwise expedite the council's unfinished business. That is the work of the Council Fathers: the Bishops and the Pope. The Holy Father sees in his OWA encyclical a companion-
a criticism of its program, a con demnation of anyone proposaL The Holy Father has simply of
fered, on the eve of the thirtl session, abundant material for meditation and self examination
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