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ford, to Notre Dame, Fall River. Rev. Arthur C. Levesque, from , St. Matthew's, Fall River, to St. Father Bernier Ann's, New Bedford. Rev. J. Adrien Bernier, from Notre, Dame, Fall River, to St. Matthew's, Fall River. Rev. Lucien A. Madore, Chaplain, U. S. Air Force, to chaplain at St. Joseph's Orphanage, Fall River. Father Bessette was born in ST. LOUIS (NC)~ New Bedford, the son of Noe American Negroes and Ida (Coderre) Bessette.
Total of 109 Negro Priests Serve Nation BAY Twelve have been ordained in the
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Cathedral on June'l1, 1938 by ,the late Most Rev. James E. Cassidy, D.D. Prior to his assignment to St. Ann's on June 19, 1941 he had served as assistant at St. Mary of the Isle, Nantucket, and St. Stephen's, Dodgeville. Father Leve~nue. son of Desire and Elise (Albert) Levesque, was born in Fall River. FOJiUWing graduation from Pl:evost Hi g h School he attended Turn to Page Two
ec ar~s Bogus K of C Oath Does More Good Th a n Harm
the Society of the Divine Word missioners here has disclosed., , The twelve are the largest ATLANTA' (NC) - The Supreme Knight of the number of Negro priests added Knights of Columbus says 'the circulation of the bogus to the U. S. Catholic clergy in anyone year, the Divine Word Knights of Columbus "oath" is doing more good than harm. missioners' 'said. The previous ,Supreme Knight Luke E. Hart, attending the 78th annual high was 10 ordained in 1958, pleeting' of the K of C Su~ , they stated. Mr. Hart pointed out that Four of the 12 new priests are preme Council, declared the .when the oath was distributed in converts. Eleven are members oath is "clearing the air" 'by North Carolina, the Raleigh of religious communities and ,the . ,drawing rebuttal even from News and Observer declared in 12th is a diocesan priest.: , nori-C~tholics. 'The' oath, 'which' an editorial that to circulate the T.he survey also disclosed that is at least 48 years old, has been 'oath was to violate the Comthere are now 106 U. S. Negro ,circulated ,lat'e1y in, .opposition mandments, and that those who _priests; the first time the num-· to U. S. Senator John F.Ken... cit:culated it were bearing false, bel" has exceeded' 100. ',neilY's candidacy for the presi- witness against their neighbor. All of the 205 U. S. major dency. " Turll to Page Eighteen seminaries, monasteries and .houSes of study were included in the survey, which also showed that 15 Negro semillaria'Ils are Turn to Page Thirteen
Ma'il to Texas '.Lawmakers Reflects Bogus K of C Oath Distribution
439 Boys Atten'd' Su'mmer' Sessl.on 'At Health Cc;lmp
PI'l'TSBURGH (NC)-The 6fficial public' worship of the Church may serve ag a bridge tQ reunion ~f Christianity, the 21st annual North American Liturgical Week was told'. Father Julian Stead, O.S.B., of'Portsmouth Priory said that , . mutual understanding be- 'Stead declared. "If 'oui research ~ total of 439 boys was tween .Catholics and me'm- 'can show the basic unity exist- cared for this Sti mmer at of other rel~gions might ing, between all 'contemporary' St., Vincent de Paul Health be, increased by liturgical, rit~s of worship in the Roman communion with each other and Camp, Westport, an agency'
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studies, perhaps by more reforms and certainly by devou t living of a "liturgical spirituality." The Benedictine 'spoke at the gathering here sponsored by the Liturgical Conference, a nation:o al organization of priests, ,Religious and lay people devoted to incl'easing understanding of t
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a Air Force chaplain corps wa's announced today by Most Rev. James L. Connolly, D.D., Bishop of the Diocese. Effective next Wednesday; the Following studies at St., Michael's transfers are as follows: College, Winooski, Park, Vt. and Rev. Ernest N. Bessette, St. Mary's Seminary, Baltimore, from St. Ann's, New Bed- he was ordained in St. Mary's
with the modes' of worship of of the annual Catholic Charities the main stream of Christendom 'A-- :·~'ql of the Diocese. from earliest times,. the picture The report, as made by' councannot fail to attract those'souls sella's' iJi c.large at the camp, who sincerely desire to 'be as lists 133 Fall Riverites as having close as possible to the' center attended sessions, with' 92 'boys of that stream, but sense they coming from New Bedford and are out of it.'" " 5 9 from Taunton.' . ,Turn to Page T~irteen . Turn to Page Thirteen he,
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WASHINGTON (NC)...,.-Mail, now, being received by members of Congress reflects the circulation of the bogus Knights of Columbus "oath" invaiious parts of th~ country. The Congressional. mail' is not necessarily a precise barometer since it represents ' the letters enclose a copy of the only those who have been fake "oath." The letters r~quest m()ved to write a letter abqut copies of the Congressional Recit. It, is reported the bogus ord of Feb. 15, 1913 in which the
"oath" is now being circulated ,in Texas. A canvass' of the Texas delegation in, Congress indicates that the circulatioIi in tl t 't th t' t' r~::;sh~Se'O~:n :p~~:;. IOn a any The mail clearly indicates that persons writing 'to Texas 'Sena.tors and 'representatfves have seen the bogus "oath" or have heard about' it. In many cases ' "
,vicic;IUS "oath" was reproduced ,for purposes of sh~wing it to be false. Several Texas lawmakers said they have received no requests for,the issue of the Congressional Record in question.· ' T,wo offices reported they had received one request each. In one case it was said the request· came from a Texan "who is a good friend of the Congressman
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Two Maryknoll Sisters are making home' visits to their families· in this 'Diocese. preparatory to starting mission ~ssignments. 1'hey are 'Sister Thomas More, the former Helen Higgins, daughter of Mr: and Mrs. F,red Higgins, Edgartown; and ,.8ister 'Maureen T~ornas, the former Anne Marie Higg~ns, daughter 'of the la,te .f\ttorne'y Thomas 'IJIggins Mother Provincial Marie and Mrs. Higgins, Fall River. departure for Hawaii next month. 'of i5 Sist~~-doct~r~ inthe;Mary- 'dePiro of the Sisters of St. The two Si~ters are not l'eSister Maureen Thoma!! is one knoll commun~ty. The prQfession Dorothy has announced the lated. Sister Thomas More's is a family' matter, .for her . b' D Th . . following changes in conlife seems bound up WIth rother, ' I ' . omas Higgms,
Curry o~ St. Augustine's parish, ,Vin'eyal'd Haven, has trave Ied to I·slallds. A native of beautiful she is bound Chilma"k every Sunday morning Martha's Vin"'yard, '" to offer 6:30 Mass at the Com-' for Hawaii, where she will teach munity Center. eighth grade at a Maryknoll Altar boys, all sons of con- school in the city of Honolulu. verts, have included Jonathan She loves the sea and is glad Mllyhew, Albert Fisher, Gary that she'll' have the chance to and Gregory Kurth. Father learn as much of the ways of the Curry says that present plans Pacific Ocean as she. already call for the service to be offered 'kn~ws of the Atlantic. residents and visitors to Chil-' , Graduate of Regis mark again next Summer. Sister Thomas More attended ~cv. Robert Lynch, O.F.M.and Regis College, Weston. ThereRev. Conald Boland, O.F.M. of after she taught in Easton public Our Lady's Chapel, New Bed- schools for three years. She has ford, have gone by boat every taught at ,Maryknoll schools in weekend this Summer to the Chinatown, N. Y. and St. Louis, Small jsland of Cuttyhunk. The mostly being in charge of priests have alternated'in spend- seventh and eighth grade classes. ing weekends on the island. The missionary says she beResidents are grateful for the came interested in Maryknoll's opportunity of attending Mass work through reading the comnear home. Some had been in munity's monthly magazine. She the habit of traveling 40 miles ~ntered the order in 1952. She 00 New Bedford each Sunday to will return to the' motherhouse attend the Holy Sacrifice there. at Maryknoll, N. Y. before her
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. h ..' , alsQ a p YSlclan, practices in Fall River. ' Sister, a graduate of. Sacred Hearts Academy, Fall River and Mt.. St. Vincent's College, New .york, was a laboratory, technician at Union Hospital, Fall River, before entrance' into Maryknoll in 1949. She' graduated from Georgetown University School of Medicine arid interned and served a 'residency in surgery at' St. E'lizabeth'sHospital, Brighton. She will embark on Sept. 9 for Bolivia 'where, after spending 9 months at Cochabamba, in an , intensive study, of' Spanish, she will take up duties at Maryknoll
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Ho~pital in Riberalta. . Sister Maureen Thomas will 'be one of two Sister-doctors' at the hospital, she says. It is the only medical facility in the small Turn to Page Thirteen.
vents of the community in the Fall River Diocese: From Mount Carmel Convent in New Bedford: Mother I. Dantas as Superior to East Providence; Mother B. Goncalves to Villa Fatima as Vice-Mistress of the Novitiate; Mother M. Fraga as Principal to East Providence; Mother I. .Borg Cardona to Mount St. Joseph, Bristol; Mothe'r Eleanor Calouro to St. Dorothy's Academy, Grasmere, N. Y.; Sister Bai to Grasmere, N.Y. Going to Mount Carmel Convent ,will be Mother M. Paiva; Mother M. Ferrer; Mother Beatrice Rocha; Mother Angelina Rocha; Mother Rose Patrello; Sister M. Gezzi, Sister M. Scdvano. ' From Villa Fatima, Taunton, Mother C. Carreiro and Mother E. Hayes will go to S1.. Dorothy's Academy, Grasmere; and Mother Turn to Page Eighteen