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; Lebanon, a country much in the world .spotlight ~t present, has sent a priest to the Fall River Diocese for the' Summer. He is the Rev. Emile Eid, nephew of Chor-Bishop. Joseph Eid,. pastor of St. Anthony of the Desert church, F~II River. Father Emile, currently on leave of absence from the Le!ianese Diocese of' Sidon to pursue advanced studies at the Pontifical Latin Institute in Rome, is here to assist his uncle in several special undertakings. One project is the cause' for canonization of Father Sharbel, famed Lebanese hermit, of which Chor-Bishop Eid is in charge. Another is a campaign among Maronite Rite Catholics in the United States to raise funds for the rebuilding of earthquake leveled churches in Lebanon. Speaking through his uncle as interpreter, Father Emile de elal'ed that most Lebanese ap prE~ciate the recent intervention of United States Marines in FATHER EMILE ElI) their country. He expressed ap proval of President Eisenhower's tau!:ht in his diocesan seminary six point plan for the Middle and acted as a dean of. his di ocese. He is studying. canon and. East. The young Lebanese priest civil law in Rome. While in the Turn to Par:e Nineteen· . Was ordained in 1~51, .then
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Dr. Helen. White Receives Annual Newman.Award CLEVELAND (NC)-Dr. Helen C. White, author and chairman of the English De partment of the University of Wisconsin, has been named recipient of the niIith annual Cardinal Newman award. Known especially for her his torical novels, Miss White was chosen to receive the honor on the basis of· intellectual, cultural and social contributions to American life, in 'keeping with Turn to Page Four
Seventeen residents of the. Fall River Diocese were among the 46 Postulants who were clothed in the Habit ot the Sisters of Mercy and given their religious names at a ceremony on the. Feast of the Assumption in the chapel of Mother of Mary Noviti- abeth Marie Joseph, daughter of ate, )fOtlnt St. Rita Convent, Mrs. and Mrs: George Joseph, Cumberland R I . 224 Brayton Avenue, Fall River. ' M" L' .Sister Mary Adrianne-Elaine R V . ery. ev. sgr. OUlS W. Rita Costa, ·daughter of Mr. and _ D~nn, vice-cha?cellor of . .the . Mrs. David Costa, 427 Tarkilo DlOCEtSe of PrOVIdence, presId.ed Hill Road,New ·Bedford. a.nd was celebrant at Benedlc'Sister Mary Julene-Marlene hon. Rev. Clyde Walsh preached Gertrude Newton, daughter of the sermon.. , Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Newton, 20 ~any priests, relahves .and Bentley Street, New Bedford. '. frIe~ds of the newly 'receIved Sister Patrick Mary-Patricia NOVIces were present at the Leary, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. ceremonr· Patrick Leary 80 Palmer Street, -Novices ~hose ?( '1es ar r in .Fall River. ' ~ the Fall RIver· PlOce~ are USister Charles Marie-Suzanne foll?ws: , . . .. . Marie White, daughter of Mr. ,SI~ter MarIel - Patricia Ann and Mrs, Charles White, 3 Mor . D,El~a, daughter of Mrs. Yolanda gan Terrace, New Bedford. Sister Mary Ann Elizabeth_ D.Eba, 10 Cottage Street, Fall River. Turn to Par:e Fourteen 'Sister Mary DeSales - Eliz.
Holy Union Nuns Priests Attend To Staff School Crash Victims At Nantucket In Fall River . :Very Rev. Edward
The Religious of the Holy Union of the Sacred Hearts will staff kindergarten and preprimary classes at Holy Name parish, Fall River, begin ning Sept. 3: They will also teach parochial catechism classes three times weekly. This was announced today by Mother Gabriel Clare, S.U.S.C., Mother Provincial of the cong~e gation. The Holy Union Sisters will succeed the Missionary Servants of the Most Blessed Trinity who for the past six years conducted the nursery classes and cptechetical wo,)rk of Turn to Par:e Fourteen
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Thirty-two transfer~ in the Sisters of Mercy con vents in the Fall River Dio cese have been announced by Mother Mary Catherine, R.S.M., Mother Provincial of the Providence Provine. . Sister' Mary Rosalie, R.S,M. from Mt. St.' Mary's Convent, Fall .River to' St. John's Convent, Attleboro. Sister Mary Geralyn, R.S.M.. from Mt. St. Mary's Convent, Fall River to Salve Regina Colj lege, Newpo:r:t. . Rev. Paul J. Dalbec, M.S., a member of the Province of .Sister Mary Dionysia, R.S.M. . the' Immaculate Heart of Mary of the'Missionaries of Our . V ATICAN CITY, (NC) -The Sacred Congregation of , from Mt. St. Mary's Convent, . Lady of La Salette, has been appointed Direcfur at the La Seminaries and' Universities is the Holy See's top. agency Fall River to St. Xavier Acad- Salette International Scholasticate in Rome~ tJo supervise more than 1,000 seminaries and a worldwide· emy, Providence. ' .. . iaetwork of Catholic universities. . Sister Mary Juliana, R.S.M.A native of New Uedford, Hill Road that city. He received Advances in the fields of; stud.ents: A to.tal of 590 minor' from Mt. St. Mary's Convent, Father Inl;lbec is the son of his early education in the schools · d t' .' semlllal'les counted 92,000 stu- Fall River to St. Brendan's Conlate Arsene and' Amanda of New Bedford, graduating ed uca t Ion an prep~ra Ion T to P. Ei ht Turn to Pa"'e Twent.. D.albec formerly of Tarkl'ln from St. Joseph's ·Parochial f~r the priesthood' in the . urn J'ge g, een .. ~ School in June 1932, Holy Fam past 100 years have inAI I ily High in 1936, and from New creased the importance of this ~n Bedford Institute of Technology ~ ~ in 1939. eongregation. Today it· supervises, advises anc guides many #'i After two years' service ill of the most important centers of ~ U research laboratories, Fr. Dalbec . By Patricia )fcGow,an entered Assumption College, Catholic scholarship, science and education. If you asked young Paul Smith, the son of The. Anchor photographer, about the Worcester,to prepare for the priesthood. His studies were in As of January 1, 1957, there Servants of Our Lady, Queen of the Clergy, he'd probably tell you they're nice Sisters terrupted and he served four were under its jurisdiction 400 who understand how important it is for a little boy to have a strawberry, ice cream cone years in the Military Intelligence major seminaries with 21,500. on a hot summer day. Turn to Page Seventeen But the priests of St. Anthony's church, New Bed ford, who are fortunate in having the Sisters staff their rectory, cC;>uld add much to this description.. They'd go into the details of the Sisters' unobtrusive efficiency and ability to keep a 20-room house, ahum with the activities .of a busy parish, running smoothly. As we stepped off noisy, dusty Acushnet Avenue into the gleaming coolness of the rectory, the first thing we noticed were the well-waxed floors. Their Turn to Page Five
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GUIDES 1,000 SEMINARIES: More than 1,000 semi naries and a worldwide network of Catholic universities are under the jurisdiction of Rome'H Sacred Congregation of Seminaries and Universities. His Eminence Giuseppe Card inal Pizzardo, 81, right, a veteran of 50 years service in the Roman Curia, is Prefect of the Congregation. He is Mlown with Archbishop Montini 'of Milan. NC Photo.·
CINCINNATI (NC)-The riches of the Church's treas ury of divine worship-the liturgy-have been describ ed as the way Catholics exercise their Church citizenship at the 19th annual North American Liturgical Week. Archbishop Karl J. Alter of Cincinnati, Episcopal patron of the four - day continent - wide . Turn to Page Nineteen'
'BEAVER" AND FRIEND: "Well, maybe just a teeny weeney fib, once in while," says a young television star Jerry Mathers in an attempt to overwhelm the dubious chuckle of Marylmoll Father Francis J. Caffrey during rehearsals on the set of the '~Leave It To Beaver" TV show in Hollywood. "Beaver" is a member of St. Joseph the Worker·parish in Canoga. Park, Calif. NC Photo•