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Record Enrollment In -Catholic Schools
The ,ANCHOR
Over 21,000 pupils in Fall River Diocesan schools will be among the 5.5 million studentg•. ' a record high total, expected to enroll in U. S. Catholic colleges, high schools and grade schools this Fall. For the three levels, the totals predicted' in a nationwide report are Grade schools: 4,307,050, an increase of 205,097 over last year. High schools: 831,001, an increase of 34,260. C o l l e g e s · , _ and universities: 387,488, an increase of 14,903. These figures were released, by the
An Anchor of the Soul, Sure and Firm-ST. PAUL
Department of, Education of the National Catholic Welfare Conference. The expected enrollment in PRICE lOc schools in the Diocese will in~4,.OO per Year clude over 18,000 in elementary schools and 3,000 in high schools, representing an increase of 280 in the former group and 240 in the latter. Sevep ele'mentary schools, addinga higher grade will account . for the increase of 280.· St. Joseph's and St. Anthony's in Taunton and St. Joan of Arc in Orleans will add an eighth grade; Sacred Heart, Taunton, and St. Turn to Page Eighteen
Fall River, M,ass.. Thursday, August 27, ~959
Vol. 3, No. 35
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CCD Announces Training Course In New Bedford Rev. Joseph L. Powers of . Taunton, Diocesan Director of the Confraternity of C h r i s t ian Doctrine, an-
AT PR'OFESSION CEREMONY: Three Sisters from the Diocese participated in Clothing and Profession ceremony of Dominican Sisters at St. Catherine's Convent. Left to right are Sister Joseph Marie, Sister Mary Martin a~d Sis- . ter Marcelle Marie, wearing simplified veil adopted by Do- . minican Sisters. (Story on Page Four).
Superiors Anl\lounce ~ransfers of Sisters
Transfer of Sisters stationed in the various convents in the Fall River Diocese are announced today by Superiors. One or 'more changes in faculties staffing the various schools, academies and homes in the Diocese will become efSister Estelle of St. Dominic fective with the opening of schools in the Diocese next and Sister Mary Agnes from '-St. month. Transfers affecting Bernadette's Convent, N ~ w 21 Religious Sisters of Mercy Haven to St. Catherine's Conin the Diocese 'were announced in last week's issue of The Anchor. The following changes are announced today:
Dominican Sisters Dominican Sisters, Congregation of St. Catherine of Siena, announce the transfer of Sisters Celine from St. Dominic's Convent; Plattsburgh, N. Y., to St. Catherine's Convent, Fall River.
vent, Fall River. Sister Mary Lawrence· from St. John's Convent, Fall River, to St. Anne's Convent, Mooers Forks, N. Y. .. ,. Sister Mary Trinity, Sister Philip Marie and'Sister Maureen Theresa irom St. Catherine's Convent, Fall River, to St. Bernadette's Convent,' New Haven. Turn to Page Eighteen
Says Catholics Contribut.e To Sunday Sales Increase
nounces that a 13-week teacher training course sponsored by the Confraternity will be held for· the Greater New Bedford Area beginning at 2 P.M. Saturday, Sept. 26 in St. James lower church, County Street. Men, women and high school seniors of the area are eligible to take the course upon recommendation of their pastors. Instruction will' be given by Sister James of Our Lady of Victory Missionary Sisters, prel!ently doing catechetical work in the West Harwich and Chatham parishes. Those successfully completing the course will receive the CCD Teacher's Certificate.
UN Lauds Wo~k Of Maryknollers Among Indians pUNa (NC) United Nations officials here unanimously agreed that the Maryknoll Fathers' cooperative program has created a new hope for thousands of Andean Indians. This is the report of Msgr. John O'Grady, secretary of the National Conference of Catholic Charities, Washington, D. C., who recently completed a tour of the 'area as a member of the Andean study group of the U.N. The Department of Puno, the most heavily populated area in Peru, is located high in the Andes . mountains along the ,",urn to Page Twelve
ST. LOUIS (NC)-Catholics may be partly to blame for the increase in Sunday sales throughout .the country because of unnecessary purchases they make, St. Louis' Archbishop Joseph E. Ritter said here. "Recently there has been an alarming growth in all priests of the archdiocese to commercialization on Sunday "give speq,ial emphasis on . the in many places in the United matter of unnecessary buying States," he said in a letter and selling on Sunday':" in their to his priests. "Seemingly St.
Louis is much better in this respect that most large cities of the country, thanks at least in part to the efforts of various civic and religious groups, our own (Archdiocesan Councils of, Catholic Men and Women) included. "But indications are that we are losing ground in the struggle to maintain Sunday as the 'Lord's Day,' and as a day of rest." The Archbishop noted .that many Catholics bought and sold on Sunday, without any thought of doing wrong. "We cannot permit them to eontinue in ignorance or fo);getfulness," he added. He requested
sermons. A sermOll outline accompanying the letter concluded with four "Practical Things to Do" to discourage Sunday sales: 1. "Make sure your family confines its buying to weekdays. Peq;uade relatives an!i friends to do likewise." . 2. "Sunday employees: Gently ie'mark toempioyer that' em- . ployees deserve to be away from counters on Sundays. Sunday employers: Examination of conscience and consultation with confessor on justification of Sun.,. day business." 3. "Group effort needed-join organization campaigning for Sunday observance-e.g., Social Turn to Page Eighteen
VISITS PARENTS: Rev. Edward F. Donahue, S.J. is enjoying a vacation from his duties in British West Indies at the Taunton home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Richard A. Donahue of St. Joseph's Parish.
Jesuit Father Visiting Parents in TauntQn After four years as a teacher in the British West Indies, Rev. Edward Francis Donahue, S.J., is vacationing in Taunton with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Richard A. Donahue of St. Joseph's parish. A Jesuit for'23 years, Father Donahue taught in Portland, Me. and . Lenox, Mass before his pres- six weeks and will remain two more b e for e returning to ' ent assignment in Kingston, Jamaica. He is seeing much of Jamaica, where he is an in- a brother, Richard, who resides structor at St, George's College, a high school equivalent institution. Father Donahue combines parish work, especially on weekends, with his teaching. He terms Jamaican youngsters a bit better-disciplined than American, but on the whole much the same as their counterparts here. He has been in Taunton for
in Fall River, and a sister, Mary, in addition to his parents. Another sister, Mrs. Dorothy Ferreira, is in Maryland. Born in Wareham, Father Donahue was .brought up in Taunton. He attended Taunton High School and transferred to Coyle upon its opening. In Jamaica he teaches mathematics and 'religion to his high school students.
New England Confraternity Conference at Burlington The 13th annual New England regional conference of the Confraternity of Christian Doctrine will be held in Burlington, Yt. Friday, Sept. 18 through Sunday, Sept. 20. Under the patronage of Cardinal Cushing. and the hierarchy of ' New England, the--:conArchbishop Henry J. O'Brien, gress will include sessions Hartford, will celebrate a solemn for teachers, high school and pontifical Mass to close the concollege students in addition gress, and Cardinal Cushing will to special meetings for priests and religious. Bishops to address the convention include Bi~hop Matthew F. Brady, Manchester, N. H.; . 'Bishop Bernard J. Flanagan, Norwich, Conn.; Bishop John Hackett, Auxiliary of Hartford; and Bishop Christopher Weldon, Springfield; Mass.
preach. Other features of the meeting will include lay train. ing courses in the work of the Confraternity and instruction in discussion club techniques.
Speech topics will include "Religion in the Home," "Sharing Your Faith," "How to Become an Articulate Catholic," and "Teen Age Problems."
Ordinary Appoints Father Ferris T.aunton Nurses' Guild Di ..ector Most Rev. James L. Connolly announced yesterday the apt>ointtnent of Rev. Norman J. Ferris, 'assistant at St. Mary's Parish, Taunton, as chaplain to the Taunton area council of the Diocesan CouIl&il of ,Catholic Nurses. He succeeds Rev. Joseph L. Powers, St. Mary's Cathedral, Fall River, assistant at St. Joseph's by Bishop Connolly, Father Fer:' Parish, Taunton. Father Fer- ris was first assigned to St. rig: was born in Fall River Joseph's Parish, Taunton. On
REV. NORMAN J. FtRRIS
and educated in the local schools. August 1, 1953 he was transHe. attended St.. Charles College, . ferred to his present assignment, Catonsville, Md. and completed . St. Mary's Parish, Taunton. his. philosophical and theolpgical In addition to his parish work, studies at St. Mary's Seminary, he served with the other priests Baltimore. . of the parish as chaplain 10 Ordained on May 23, 1953 in Morton Hospital, Taunton.
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