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STUDENT NURSES REGISTER: Sister Madeleine, director of St. Anne's School of Nursing, registers freshmen. Left to right Dorothy Wajda, New Bedford; Flrances Cor.oran, Taunton; Jeanne Plante, Fall River.
St. Anne's School Enrolls 33 for Nurses Training Thirty-three girls began their studies at St. Anne's Ichool of Nursing in Fall River yesterday. The Class of 1961 includes nine students from Fall :River,' eight from New Bedford, five from Somerset, and one each from Taunton, Little Compton, R. I., a Fairhaven and Acushnet. Avenue, graduate of Josephine F, Wilbur Five students are Rhode High School. . Island residents, two are Frances Corcoran of 3 Church from New Jersey and one from )few York State. . Tbe class registration is as iollows: Jacqueline Caron of 45 Hirst. Street, Fall River, a gtaduate ef Jesus-Mary Academy and a IIlember of Notre Dame parish. Patricia Chaves of Burchard
Avenue, Taunton, a graduate of St. Mary's High School and a member of St. Mary's parish. Jacqueline COllta of 198 Choate Street, Fall River, a graduate of Mount St. Mary Academy and a member of Espirito Santo parish. Turn to Page Fifteen
Confraternity Director Announces Course of Religious Instruction The course of religious instruction for Catholic children ef the Diocese in attendance at public hfgh schools has been announced by Rev. Joseph L. Powers, director of the Confraternity of Christian Doctrine. The program, approved by the Most Reverend Bishop, will be followed by all students of the ninth, tenth, eleventh and twelfth grades. These four texts will «:over lour successive years of instruc000: (1) Catholic Doctrine, (2) Turn to Page EighteeD
Calls Education Greatest Asset Of Freedom ANTIGONISH (NC) -Zducation is the greatest armament of a free people," )Isgr. H. J. Somers, president of St. Francis University, has told delegates to the Cana_an Rural and Industrial Conterence. "We have not yet as a people pasped the idea that the talents . . our citizens-their brainpower and their qualities of 4Ibaracter-are our greatest na~al asset," he warned. Reds Forge Ahead f:<lntrasting the free world's educational effort with that of tIae Soviet Union, Msgr. Somers '.SurD to Page Eighteea
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UrgesSoc~al Charity
In Labor R.elations Several hundred members of the various unions that make up the United Labor Council of Greater Fall River flttended the first Labor Day Mass at the Cathedral marking the religious opservance of that holiday. The union members, joined by mubicipal and judicial officials, heard the nationally known Rev. Hubert C. Callaghan, S.J., distinguished director of the Institute of Industrial Relations at Holy Cross College, speak of the strides labor has made since the days when a Philadelphia judge could condemn workingmen combined to ben e fit themselves as condemned by law. Father Callaghan spoke frankly of the betrayal of labor by the few union officials who have used unionism for unworthy self-gain. He placed the responsibility for these "foul and ulcerous spots on the body of labor" on the shoulders of the rank and file of labor whose apathy and Turn to Page Eleven
Msgr. Gerrard Will Preside At Retreat Ri. Rev. Msgr. James J .. Gerrard, V.G., will preside during the second retreat period Sept. 8-13, for priests of the Diocese at Cathedral Camp. . Rev. Thomas A. Fox, C.S.P., of the Paulist Fathers Mission Band in New York City is retreat master. The following priests will attend: Rev. Augusto L. Furtado, Rev. Felix S. Childs, Rev. John J. Kelly, Rt. Rev. Alfred J. Bonneau, Rev. Edward L. O'Brien. Rev. William H. Harrington, Rev. Eugene Dion, Rev. John J. Turn to Page Fourteen
Urges Lawyers Follow Natural .Law Concept' LOS ANGELES (NC)James . Francis· Cardinal McIntyre, Archbishop. of Los Angeles, has urged a "return to the natural law of moral absolutes."· Addressing his remarks to the Bar Association delegafes the Cardinal declared that "the legal profession, jn the estimation of all free nations, commands respect and reverence from all walks of life." "Only in lands where freedom pales," he said, "and where the true concept of law no longer Turn to Page Sixteen
ATTENtION MOTORISTS: Patrolman William Parkinson and Sister Mary Timothea, R.S.M. wholeheartedly endorse the flnl}ual reminder to drivers displayed by Step. hen Heagney and Anne Carroll in front of St. John's Sch6o~ . Attleboro. I
Enroll i Estimated 4,700,000' Pupil~ in Cathol.ic Schools
WASHINGTON (NC) - About 12.5 per cent of the youngsters tho entered grade and high school this week went to schools under Catholic auspices. More thran 4,700,000 pupils enrolled in Church secondary and elementary. schools -~;:--;::--2-;';'~;-~:;-0~: this month, iaccording to an boys a·nd girls. from pre-primestimate· m~de by the Na- ary through high school. retional Cath~lic Educational turned to the Catholic schools Association at ,its recent COllvention. Since 1920,. when the first official· enrollment survey was made, Catholip schools have annually reach~d a new record total enrollm1nt and this school year will be no exception. An estimat~d 3,959,500 pupils are in Catholic grade sc!lools
Sisters of lfIercg Enjoy: Stay ilt Villa in'Sout'. Dartmouth By Patricia McGowan
It would take a long time to vi~it all the institutions supervised by the Sisters of Mercy of the Union in our Diocese: 13 grade schools; Holy Family Hi~h SchOOl, New Bedford; Mount St. Mary ACademy, Nazareth Hall, and St. Vincent's Home in Fall River. It's simpler to visit Star of the Sea Villa, their rambling grey summ~r house in South Dartmouth, and that's what mer's end, including many from Seventy-siJl: Sisters were enwe did. In a way, visiting Providence as well as Fall River. joying Star <if the Sea's neverStar of the Sea is like makfailing breez~ the day we were ing a condensation of the 17 there. Some ~ere swimming and Mercy houses in the Diocese, for every Sister spends at least a week there during the summer. In this peaceful retreat the weariness that comes with the guidance of hundreds of youngsters and the tensions of the year are soothed away. 500 Guests ''The Sisters hate to leave, but they all go home relaxed," Sister Mary Edward told us. The principal of St. James' School, . New Bedford, her summertime assignment for years has been the operation of the Villa. Giving the other members of her community a rest is a full time job for her. She has entertained nearly 500 Sisters at Sum-
PIUS X CENTENARY: Known as the "Pope of the Eucharist," St. Pius X was ordained on Sept. 18, 100. years ago. NC Photo.
boating in the Apponagansett River, other1 played games or read. A gay crowd was doing justice to a I large watermelon, while another group strolled around the 69-acre grounds. Much thou~ht goes into schedule planning ~t the Villa. Household tasks a.re divided so that the Sisters on vacation need spend only ~ short portion of their time at them. We admirdd the· breeze-swept chapel, its alrar framed by large windows op~ning on the water. Fathers at th¢ nearby Holy Cross Mission H04Se come daily to. offer Mass, Sister Mary Edward told us. I Turn tel Pag~ Twen~7
in the Fall River Diocese. The elementary school· system of the Diocese has more than 18.000 pupils enrolled, while the Diocesan, Parochial and Private high schools total approaches the 3.000 mark. _ and about 826,500 students are in Catholic high schools, based on the NCEA statement issued in April. Official estimates of school enrollments are made at the end of each school year and include a predicition for the coming year. 322.000 in 'Colleges The nation's 225 Catholic colleges and universities are expected. to enroll about 322.000 "stUdents, an increase of about 12,000 over the total for the last year, according to the statement Turn to Page Fifteen
Blames Leaders For Impassivity Of Lay Groups PHILADELPHIA (NC)Officers of lay organizations are often to blame for the apathy they attribute to their rank and file mem~ers. "The too dominant leader in a Church organization will stifle group enthusiasm and reduce many willing workers to inactivity," delegates to the Study Week on the Lay Apostolate have been cautioned by Carl F. Bauer of Catholic University of America. In advising that lifeless societies re-style their leadership aa Turn to Page Four~eeD