New South Chatham Church To Serve Expanding Flock
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Construction of the new Our Lady of Grace Church in South Chatham is underway. It is expected the new 500-seat , structure will be completed to accommodate the 1963 Cape Cod Summer vacationers. Building of the new church is tho latest propect undertaken by . the matter and, on the Feast of the Diocese in the past few the Assumption in 1960, gave years to prov·ide for the his approval for bUilding a new spiritual needs, of an ever-in- church in South Chatham.
Fall River, Mass., Thursday, August 23, 1962
Vol. 6, No. 35
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1962 The Anchor
creasing Catholic population on Cape Cod. ' "Chatham has always had a large Summer colony. As pas'tor of Holy 'Redeemer in Chatham, Father John J. Bl'ennan, SS.CC. . has had to 'cope with this 'problem-particularly attendance at Sunday ,Mass. Despite the addition to Holy Redeemer and a schedule of 10 Sunday Masses there is just no more room. However, this condition was foreseen by Father Brennan and about two years ago he ap-' proached the Most Rev. James L. Connolly, Bishop ofFaU River, with a possible solution to the problem. The Bishop considered
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Sister Ma,ry Hortense Is Acade~y Principal Sist~r Mary Hortense, S.U.S.C., for eight years head of the English department at Sacred Hearts Academy, Fall ~iver, has been appointed principal of the high school, s~c e~eding Sister John Elizabeth, S.U.S.C., named to head the new Memorial High School in Taunton. The new principal teachers of' English an opporholds a bachelor of arts de- tunity to enrich their own un-, gree from Catholic Univer- derstanding of English' litera'"
sity and a master of arts degree from Boston College. Both degrees were with a concentration English•. Sister Mary' Hortense has also done graduate work at Oxford University, where she received a' certificate. from the Summer International Institute. -This summer, she was awarded both a fellowship to the Harvard University English Institute, a program sponsored by the Commission on English of the College Entrance Examination Board, and a Wall Street Journal Newspaper Fund scholarship to Marquette University in Wisconsin. She accepted the Harvard University fellowship. 'The, purpclse of the Harvard English Institute is twofold: to give qualified secondary school
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Transfers Affect' Holy Union N~ns Ser~ing Diocese
nounced by Rev. Mother Mary William, ProvinCial. Listed in the order' of name of Sister,pres_ ent assignment and new assignment, the transfers are 00 follows: Sister Bridgetta Marie, Sacred Heart, Taunton, St. Patrick, Havre de Grace, Md.; Sister Mary Agnes, Sacred Heart, T~unton, St. William of York, Baltimore; Sister Paul Winifred, St. Michael, Fall River, St. William of York, Baltimore; Sister Lawrence Marie, St. Michael, Turn to Page Five
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Msgr. Manuel 'J. Teixeira Requiem on Saturday
ture, language, and rhetorical theory and to provide a' workshop for testing I theory and practice bE)ing developed by the College Entrance Examination Board for strengthening, the English' curriculum.
A Solemn Pontifical Mass of Requiem will be cele.brated at 10 o'clock Saturday morning in St. Anthony's Church, Taunton, for Rt. Rev. Manuel J. Teixeira, pastor of St. Anthony's Church for the past 18 years. Monsignor Teixeira, who celebrated his 1960, died Wednesday morning golden jubilee as a priest in St. A?thony's Rectory. with Solemn High Mass of B?rn .10 O~r Lady of Graoo . . ParIsh 10 Talul da Terra, st. Thanksgivmg on Feb. 6p Michael, Azores, son of the late
Sister Mary Hortense has taught at St. Mary's School, Taunton, at Sacred Heart School, Lawrence, and at Sacred Hearts Elementary School and the College of the Sacred Hearts, both of Fall River.
BEAUTIFUL STATUE OF ST. ROCH
GIFT TO FALL RIVER PARISH Imported Italian ]}Iarble Work of Art Honors Memory Of Priest's Mother and Father
. A beautiful st'atue of St. Roch has been placed in front, of the Fall River church of Transfers affecting schools , which he is the patron saint, of the Diocese staffed by Sis- the gift of Rev. Reginald M. ters of the Holy Union of the Barrette, assistant pastor, illl Sacred Hearts have been an- memory of his parents, the late Mr. and Mrs. Zenon D. Barrette. Chiseled out of white Carrara marble, the five-foot-six statue stands on a four-foot pedestal of Botticino marble, the combination of the two types of marble blending excellently to give a tone or distinction. The work was done in Italy
Land was purchased from Dr. D'Elia of Harwich Port; phina were drawn by the architect, Mr. Albert Roy; and in March of 1962 Thomas Haley, the contractor, began the job of clearing the 'site. And so, on the Feast of the Assumption in 1962, parishioners and clergy ,gathered at the junc_ tion of Routes 28 and 137 in South Chatham, to witness tho blessing of the ground and tho turning of the firSt earth for this new Church which will 1M known as Our Lady of Grace. It is expected that the church w.ill be, ready' for the Summer Turn to Page Five
especially for St. Roch's by the DeP:rato Stu d i 0 S of Boston. 'White Carrara was chosen in preference to others because of its rich color and resistance to New England climate. • The saint is depicted in his pilgrimage attire revealing his ulcerated thigh, with a dog carrying a piece of bread to him. The fa'ce is that' of a man in his late twenties, with brilliant, 'piercing eyes and a peaceful"
smile. The fingernails, the dog's' 'teeth and paws, and the knot in the cord are details that. bring out the beauty of the artistry. It is a startling fact that' our own personaI' knowledge 'of the lives of saints is very limited. We know few facts about the great saints, very little or 'nothing about the others. We utter their names. We even invoke some, without knowing a thing about them. St. Roch certainly falls under this type. His name has been on the lips of the people of this Diocese for over 58 years; and we would dare say that Turn to Page Eighteen
Holy erO'55 'Nuns In New Bedford L'ist Transfers
Mpke First Vows, Clothe Postulants At Mercy Chapel
Transfers and new assignments announced by the Sisters of the Holy Union and Seven Dolors from their
Twenty-four novices pronounced temporary vows and 19 Sisters have renewed the same vows at ceremonies in
Manchester, N. H. provincial house include Sister M. of St. Anne of the Trinity, Sister M. Yvonne of the Cross and Sister Mary of St. Phllip of Neri leaving Sacred Heart School, New Bedford. Sister Mary of St. Philip is retiring. . Sister M. of St. Raphael io coming tQ Sacred Heart School, New Bedford. Outgoing from St. Anthony School, New Bedford, are Sister M. of St. Gregorius, Sister'M. of st. Imelda, Sister M. of St. Pauline Therese, Sister M. of St: Francois du Carmel, Sistei'M. of St. Germaine of Rome. Retiring from St. Anthony's are Sister 111. of St. Cyr, and Sister M. of. . Turn to p~ge Eighteell
¥other of Mercy Novitiate, Mt. St. Rita Convent, Cumberland, R.I. ' Temporary professions were made by Sister P~ul Mary, 'daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James P. McKnight, 59 Wayne Street, Fall River; Sister Rose Marie, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Everett Smith, 507 Second Street, Fall River; Sister Patrick Marie, niece of Mr. and Mrs. John Travis, '1 Vestal Street, Fall River. "Renewing vows were Sistei' Mary Bruce, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank J. McCann, 603, Durfee Street, Fall River; and Sister Mary Perpetua, daughter of Judge Mrs. Walter L.. ,Turn, to :page' EighteeD.
·MKSSWN WORKER: Fr. Thomas J. McCabe of Bos,ton has joined the staff of the Catholic Church Extension Society and will direct the Order of Martha, the society's women's auxiliary. NC Photo.
Manuel and late Emelia C. Teixeira, he received his education for the' priesthood in tho Seminary in Terceira, Azores. Ordained on Jan. 30, 1910 in Terceira, the late Taunton pastor served for nine years in hi.l native land. Following World War I, Mon-:signor Teixeira came to the TUM to Page Eighteen
and
MONSllGNOR TEIXEIRA
Council To Bring Bishopse Faithful C~@ser Tog~ther MINNEAPOLIS (NC)' Catholics will feel a new spiritual kinship with their bishops after the ecumenical council, Auxiliary Bishop Leon~ ard P. Cowley of St. Paul predicted at a meeting of the board of directors of the Archdiocesan Council of Catholic Women. He said this kinship will develop from a new, broad defi~ nition of the rights and duties of bishops expected at the counciL "The Holy Father was overwhelmed at the power he foUD4 TurD. ~ Page Eighteen