Diocesan Catholic Schools· Save Taxpayers Millions Annually -. Operation of ~a~l Ri-yer Diocesan parochiaf schools saves taxpayers in communities ~hich they are located a total:of over'$4,60Q,OOO annually. . The ·total repr~sents t~e _cos~ of educa ting 'nearly ?O,~OO boys a~~ girls on the basis of each commumty s cost rer pupl1 on_the elementary,' junior 'high school and senior ,. high school grade levels. ~n the See City of Fall . River, the taxpayers' burden was eased to the extent of, in
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Two New Superiors Named By Sisters ,of M~rcy
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Appointment of, two new Superiors' and transfer of another Superior in the Sisters of Mercy convents in the Fall River Diocese have been announced by Mother Mary' Catherine, RS.M., Mother· Provincial of the Providence Province., '. Sister Mary Olga, sister of Rev. John J. and Rev. Wil liam A. Gaivin, Diocesan priests, has bee n named
NAZARETH HALL FACULTY: Three Sisters of Mercy who comprise the faculty at the new diocesan school for , exceptional children in Fall River are, left to right, Sister, Mary Joel, RS.M., B. Ed.; Sister Mary Maureen, RS.M., B. Ed., principal and Sister Mary Constantia, RS.M., B. Ed. The school has been established by Bishop' Connolly.
'Scorches C~ahm Only Weahhy
Superior of Mount St. Mary Con A~u'lllJl~metrll\f~ vent, Fall River. Her previous assignment was at St. Joseph CHICAGO (NC):- The Convent, New Bedford. ~ister, mistaken ide a t hat the ta!.!ght at Holy Family High in Catholic C hu r c h annuls New Bedford. . f t I. Sistel' Mary Cecilia has been marnages only or he nch transferred from Mount St. Mary was scorched here by' Msgr. Eg Convent to Superior at st. idio Del Corpo, procurator gen Vincent·s Home, Fall River, and eral of the Sacred Roman Rota, Sister Mar y Stephen of St. the Vatican tribunal which hears Patrick's Convent, Fall River, be- appeals in marriage cases. comes Superior of Our Lady of "There are some 170 to 200 cases-mostlY American-a year Mercy Convent, New Bedford. New Assignments 'which are tried without payOther appointments and trans- ~ent," Msgr. Del COl'pO said. fers in Diocesan convents are as The Vatican court official was follows: Sister Mary Maureen, guest of honor at a luncheon principal of St. Vincent's Home sponsored b'y the Justinian So school to principal of Nazareth ciety for L"awyers of the Chicago Hall; Sister Mary Joel from St. Bar A1)sociatiol) here. Joseph Convent and Sister Mary "The painstaking method of Constantia from St. Patrick Con- arriving at a judgment makes vent to Nazareth Hall: The three the trial for marriage annulment expensive," the Monsignor said. Turn to Page Twelve "But where the parties are poor the Church assists." Monsignor emphasized that
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(NC) Catholic schools again will set a newenroilment record in September if expansion
'approximately $1,966.256 based on ,a Catholic school enrollment of ·8,253 on OCt. 1. 1956. This tremendous sav!1'1g. cutting the average real estate tax bills by many dollars, has been reached '011" the basis of per pupil costs of $229.46 for the first six grades. $268.29 fOl' the junior high and $239.30 for the senior high level, the latest available statistics. Other Communities New Bedford' stliUstics show a Catholic school enrollment of 5,220. With per pupil costs to the community of $206.28 for the first six grades. $173.82 fOl' junior high and $359.19 for senior high, the total saving was $1,222,639.90. Parochial school enrollment. cost per pupil and totals for other communities in the Diocese , are as follows:' . Taunton: 2,680; $245.45 (eight grades) and $280.3a· (four years' se1110r high); $787.939.32. North Attleboro: 1,108; $206.83 (first eight grades); $229,167.64. Fairhaven: 780; $210 02 ,grades); $163,800. Swansea: 616;. $189.53 '(first six grades) ; $231.53 (junior high); $119,522.48. ' Attleboro: 559; $229.69 (first six grades); $206.28 (j it n i 0 r high); $127,249.62.
Acushnet: 267; $250 (first
eight grade's); $66.750.
Dartmouth: 102; $206.28 (three 'grades); $21,040.56. Orleans: 136; $269.29; $36,000.
continues-and there's little room for doubt considering the past 15 years' growth. Elementary schools this F'611 Bishop Connolly w1ll biess two will register about 3,880,000 pupils new parochial schools Sunday. for an estimated increase of Sept. 29. " . The ceremony at St. Michael's about 140,000 over last year. School, Fall River, will begin at High schools will enroll an es timated 760,000 students, ac':' '2 o·clock. St. John the Baptist counting for an incre-ase of about . School in New Bedford w1l1 be blessed at 4:30. 35,000. Pupils will attend classes in the The combined total for these two levels of Catholic education' present buildi!lgS untilaftel' the blessing of the new structlll·es. should be about 4.640,000, an es timate by theNCWC News Serv ice reveals. Schoc~ Colleges and universities should All schools of the Fall River be nudging,the 315,000 mark this Fall, for an incroose of about, Diocese will l'e-open for the new school year next Wednesday. Turn to Page Nine Sept. 4.
Bishop to Siess Two New Schools
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WASHINGTON (NC) An other episode is being chron icled in the almost unbeliev
able' story of the relations
SISTER MARY STEPHEN
SISTER MARY CECILIA.
between the Untied States Gov
ernment and communist Marshal Tito of Yugoslavia. The Red Dictator in Belgrade
has taken more than a billion
dollars in U. ,S. aid, more or less,
on his own terms. He has not
promised to help us. or to side
with us. He has openly pro 'claimed that he is a communist I arid intends to remain one. Am
erioons have been told not to be
critical of this unusual situation,
because it might' make Tito an 'gry. "Now the U. S. Government is
showing disappointing restraint
in ,handling a particularly fine
propaganda opportunity. and
here again because we might of
fend Marshal Tito.
The latest development in
volves the new book, "The New
Class," written by Mllovan Djllas.
DJllas was onae Tito'. rlghthand
mQn, but now he is In jail for
PREPARE FOR OPENING OF SCHOOL: Rev. JamesE. Lynch, pastor, and Sisters of Divine Provtdence who comprise the teaching staff are shown with children at St, Joan of Arc School, Orleans. Registration of 165 was an increase of more than 20 pel' cent over last year's enrollment.