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Rev. Msgr. C;. L. Broderick
Rev. Msgr. Gerard J. Chabot
Rev. Msgr. Arthur G. Considine
Rev. Msgr. James E. Gleason
Rev. Msgr. Maurice Souza
His Holiness, Pope Paul VI, has designated five priests of the Diocese of Fall River as Honorary Prelates of His Holiness with the title of Reverend Monsignor. The new prelates are: Msgr. Christopher L. Broderick, pastor of St. Pius X Church, So. Yarmouth; Rev. Msgr. Gerard J. Chabot, past6r of St. Theresa, So. Attleboro; Rev. Msgr. Arthur G. Considine, pastor of St. Mary Church, So. Dartmouth; Rev. Msgr. James E. Gleason, pastor of St. Patrick Church, Falmouth; Rev. M sgr. Maurice Souza, pastor of St. Anthony Church, Taunton. Born in Fall River Oct. 7, 1899, the son of the late.George V. and the ,late Jane E. (Aspell) Broderick, the South Yaimouth prelate prepared for the priesthood at-turn to page six
Sc'hool Doors Open To Most Critical Year The Diocese of Fall River, has 69 Catholic schools enrolling a total of 22,000 ,children. The large dties such as Fall River, New Bedford, and Taunton have between one-third and one-half of their entire student population enrolled in Catholic schools. Three schools have closed: St. Kilian, New Bedford; St. Joan of Arc', Orleans; Sacred Hearts Academy High School, Fairhaven. Two schools are closing one grade each. St. Louis of France, Swansea, has closed its sixth grade and will now have grades 1-5 'inclusively. Holy Trinity, West Harwich, has closed its seventh garde and will now have grades 1-6 inclusively. Within the past three decades, Catholic schools have developed from a heterogeneous-turn to page seven
Sees US~ of New Liturgica; Changes Starting Next Year WASHINGTON (NC)-Coadjutor Archbishop Leo C. Byrne of St. Paul-Minneapolis, chairman of the Bishops' Committee on the Liturgy, has indicated the official date for introducing liturgical changes will be decided only in November. The effective dates for the publication or its November meeting. It does seem realistic to expect the use of the new lectionary, not texts to be ready for liturgical the ordinary of the Mass, use until next Lent or even
and the services for baptism and Easter." marriage. cannot realistically be expected "until next Lent or even Easter." according to the Archbishop who said: "The new order of biblical Rev. Francis X. Wallace. servreadings for Mass is a major ing with the U.S. Army Chapand welcome step in liturgical lain Corps since 1951, has ,been renewal. The three-year cycle of readings for Sundays and the collection of readings for weekdays and special occasions, all issued by authority. of Pope Paul VI, fulfills an important goal of the Second Vatican The Priests of the Fall Council. It opens up a richer and River Diocese have elected fuller selection of. the written a board of five priests to Word of God to the people. "Because of the complex form a personnel board. preparations needed for the editElected were Rev. John P. ing and publication of lection- Driscoll, assistant at SS. Peter aries-only the list of readings and Paul Church. Fall River; has been published so far - it Rev. Leo T. Sullivan, pastor of will not be possible to introduce St. Ann Church. 'Raynham and the new plan this Advent. The Rev. Peter N. Graziano. assistsame is true of the revised rites ant at Holy Name Church. Fall of the ordinary of the Mass and River. These three priests have for baptism and marriage. The been designated their posts for translations of all these services a period of three years. into English are now under Chosen for a two year term study by all the Bishops of the were Rev. Msgr. John E. Boyd. English-speaking world but can- pastor of St. Patrick Church. not receive final approval until Fall River, and Rev. Msgr. Henri 'late this Fall. A. Hamel. pastor of St. Joseph "The Bishops' Committee on Church, New Bedford. the Liturgy will recommend elHis Excellency. the Most Rev~ecUve dates for these liturgical erend Bishop, will designate the «:hanges to the National Confell'- chairman of the new personnel ence of Bishops. probably during board.
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Ask Church Confront Causes of Poverty· WASHINGTON (NC)-Confront the causes of poverty rather than merely treating its effects, the Catholic Church is urged in _the 1969 Labor Day statement issued by the Division for Urban Life, Department of Soda I Development, United States Catholic Conference, which also "history has shown that repression will not still the voices of listed a basic four-point those suffering oppression," yet, Church strategy plan for it adds, the past year "has seen combating social ills. The statement observes that
Army Promotes Fr. Franc is X. Wallace
Priests Choose Personnel Board
promoted to the rank of Colonel and; assigned as Deputy, First Army. Fort Meade, Md. The son of the late Harry W. and the late Florence L. (Hayes) Wallace, Father Wallace was born in Beverly on Nov. 30. 1921 and was educatl,!d at. Holy Family elementary and high schools. New Bedford.
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After attending St. Anselm College. Manchester.··· N.H., and St. Mary's Seminary, Baltimore. he was ordained to the priesthood by Bishop James E. Cassidy in 1947. After serving four years as assistant at Corpus Christi Church. Sandwich, he entered the U.S. Army and has served in various chaplain posts since then.
Assign Religious To Parish Work Most Rev. James L. Connolly has approved and confirmed changes made_ among the Franciscan Fathers in the Diocese of Fall River by the provincial of the religious congregation. Very Rev. Edmund Szykiewicz. O.F.M. Conv. The appointments are as follows: Rev. Joseph Trawinski. O.F.M. Conv. as pastor of Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church, New Bedford, effective Sept. 9. Turn till Page Two
in the United States the development of a strong,. yet still diffuse, reaction against the increasin(l demands of minority group citizens." What seems to be lacking in the social struggle. the statement says. "is a national determination to solve our problems by creative and positive action." It notes that leaders in both the public and private sectors are aware of social development, "yet no one seems able to arouse the national will or form the broad coalitions to get the needed massive development programs under way." The Division for Urban Life listed "a .practical strategy for the Church's support of human development," which, it said, should be utilized immediately and could be laid out as a fiveyear plan of graduated steps: "To begin this process, each diocese, religious community, and Church-sponsored institution might make an inventory of the resources being used at present to meet actual human needs." "For new development projects on an interfaith basis, local parishes and dioceses could ear· mark n definite percentage of their yearly income over the next five years for new development projects." Turn to Peae Seven