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Tens of Thousands Join in Civil Rights March on Washington
-WASHINGTON (NC) : Patrick A. O;Boyle of Was h i n g ton, giving the invocation before .
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• vast throng at the civil rights march here, prayed God to send the Holy Spirit "to open the eyes of all to the great truth that all men are equal in Your sight. Let us understand that simple justice demands that the rights of all be honored by every man," Archbishop O'Boyle prayed in ceremonies at the Lincoln Memorial climaxing the huge March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. Archbishop O'Boyle asked Goo's blessing on the marchers and all people "to whom the cause of justice and equality is saered"; on the President and
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Vice President, Congress alid courts; 011 c" .. . and on the nation at large. Referring to those who have taken a leading role in "the struggle for justice and harmony among races," he said that "as Moses of 'old they have gone before their people to a land of promise." "Let that promise quickly be. come a reality," he prayed. "May we move forward with out bitterness, even when con fronted with prejudices and dis crimination," the Archbishop said. "May we shun violence, knowing that the meek shall in herit the earth. But may this meekness of manner be joined with courage and strength * * *" When representatives of the
The ANCHOR Fall River, Mass., Thursday, Aug. 29, 1963
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Fall River Diocese joined yes terday's civil rights march on Washington, they were among thousands of Ca,tholic partici pants. Involvement of members
Diocesan Group Diocesan Catholics parti cipated in yesterday's mas sive civil rights march on Washington. Included among marchers from Fall River were Miss Michaeleen Ruttle, Sacred Heart parish; Mrs. Walter Con rad, HoI y N am e; Clement Dowling and Mrs. Owen Mc Gowan, St. Joseph's. Miss Judy C 0 u sin e a u, St. Dominic's, S wan sea, also marched.
of the Church was e:x:tensive and eluded Archbishop Lawrence J.
Shehan and Auxiliary Bishop
varied. Thomas A. Murphy of Baltimore; Catholic groups, local and na tional, marched under. identify. Bishop John J. Russell and Aux
iliary Bishop Ernest J. Unter.
ing banners, a Catholic arch bishop offered the invocation at koefler of Richmond; Bishop
the Lincoln Memorial, a Catholic Michael W. Hyle of Wilmington
and Auxiliary Bishop Philip M.
layman who was one of 10 co Hannan of Washington.
sponsors addressed the outpour In addition, Protestant and
ing, extra Masses were sched uled in downtown churches and Jewish groups were representeli.
Catholic institutions' offered Rabbi Yuri Miller of the Syna . gogue . Council of America de overnight accommodations. Archbishop Patriek A. O'Boyle livered il brief prayer midway through the Lincoln Memorial of Washington accepted an invi tation to deliver the invocation ceremony and Rev. Dr. Benja. min Mays, president of More at ceremonies held at the Lin coln Memorial. The archbishop house College and a Baptist lead. er, gave the benediction. is chairman of the local Inter religious Committee on / Race The 10 leaders of the march also spoke. Representing Negro Relations. Other members of the Catholic ,Civil liberties groups, Protestant __ hierarchy were present. They in. Turn to Page Twenty
Diocesan Schools Expect Record 25,000 Pupils Rev. Patrick J. o'Nein, Diocesan Superintendent of Schools, announced today a new high in enrollment in the schools of the Diocese. There will be approximately 19,700 en roll e d in the elementary schools in the Diocese when classes. begin for the new year next Wednesday, Father O'Neill reported. - The' increase in the various high schools in the Dio cese will bring the secondary enrollment up to 4800 for a grand total of 24,500 pupils ~eivi.ngtraining in the schools of the Diocese.
_ Next Wednesday, the first junior class at Bishop Feehan High School, Attleboro, will start t~ir studies, whilE! the new Cassidy High School, Taunton, with four classes will have a 30% increase enrollment over last year for a total of 380 girls. Our Llldy of Lourdes Paro chial School, Taunton, will open a parish school with four grades and a pre-primary :fEll' a total of 180 students. Immaculate Conception School; New Bedford, and Holy Name School, Fall River, will add an other grade to their preSent
number and have an Incr~se of 76 students. Espirito Santo School, Fall River, will have a new building, but the enrollment will stay the same. St. Patrick's School will have two first grades starting nex't Wednesday.
In the past decade, the ele
mentary school enrollment has increased from 15,938 to 19,700. During the same period, the high school enrollment has more than doubled-from 2,325 to 4,800. '.l'he growth represents a 19% gain in the elementary grades and 106% in<:rease in high schools.
Equal Employment Opportunity Key to Race Problems
WASHINGTON (NC) Equal employment opportu nity is the "master key" to the nation's race problem, tile Social Action Department of the National Catholic Welfare Conference says. The Social Action Depart ment's 1963 La-hoI' Day statement MYs the "ultimate success" of racial justice efforts largely de pends on implementing "a uni. versal policy of equal employ ment opporunity for Negro workers in every industry and kade." ·'The effective exerc.iae 01
many of the Negro's other basic human rights will depend * * * on whether or not he is given an equal opportunity to develop hjs native skills and talents and to secure gainful and suitable em ployment on his own merits and without regard to the color 01 his skin," the statement says; The Social Action Department, whose director is Msgr. George G. Higgins, calls on trade unions, employers and government to take immediate action to guar antee equal job opportunities for Negroes and other minorities. While recent months have seen
"limited steps" in' this area, it says, labor, management and government have so far "hardly scratched the surface of the total problem." "Much more can and should be done * • * to protect the basic rights not only of Negroes, but of Mexican Americans, Puerto Ricans, American Indians, peo ple of Asian background, and the members _of other minority groups who, in varying degrees, are the victims of prejudice and discrim·ination," the statement _ declares. .The NCWC·department makes these recommendations on equal employment opportunity: Trade Unions. While there are no longer any unions which are "lily white" under the terms of their constitutions, nevertheless "a number of key unions" in practice exclude Negroes by
making it "extremelY difficult, workers that they can help rem if not impossible, for them to edy abuses "by playing an in qualify for membership." - creasingly aetive role in the This is done by refusing to trade union movement." Employers. The statement de enroll Negroes in apprenticeship clares that "Christian moral programs or by arbitrarily lim teaching requires ~very em iting the number of Negro ap ployer to maintain and enforce prentices. And other unions dis crhriinate by confining Negroes non-d,iscriminatory policies ill mring, upgrading and discharge." to so-called "auxiliary" locals. Acknowledging the difficulty . While calling on union leaders to take steps to remedy these faced by individual employers in this matter, it recommends conditions, the Social Action De partment at the same time that local and national employ stresses the need for rank-and. ers' associations and trade asso file efforts on behalf of racial ciations "come to the assistance justice. It a1so reminds Negro Turn to Page Twenty
Father Steakem Is First Chaplain At Feehan High The Most Reverend James L. Connolly, D.D., Bishop of the Diocese of Fall River, announced today the ap
MARCHERS TO WASHINGTON: Participants in yes terday's civil rights march prepare to leave Fall River. From left, Clement Dowling, St. Joseph's parish, Fall River; Miss Judy Cousineau, St. Dominic's, Swansea; Mrs. Walter Con ~ad, Holy Name, Fall River.
pointment of Rev. John J. Steakem, assistant at Immacu late Conception Parish, North Easton, as chaplain at Bishop Feehan High School, Attleboro. Father Steakem will remain in residence at the Immaculate Conception Parish while serving as chaplain to the students at the Attleboro Diocesan High School. Feehan High's first chaplain was born March 13, 1933, in New York City but moved to Paw tucket in his early youth. The son of Mrs. Mar gar e t M. O'Rourke Steakem and the late Turn to· Page Eighteen
NEW SCHOOL REGISTRATION: Sister Marie La-. boure, R.S.M. registers Francis yaz for the first grade and his sister, Joanne, for the foilrth grade in the new Our Lady of Lourdes School, Taunton. Rt. Rev. E.S. de Mello is pastor of the Taunton parish.
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