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Class of 16 Postulants Enters Sisters of Mercy Novitiate Next Sunday

The ANCHOR

. Sixteen postulants, including io graduates of ?vIount St. Mary Academy, Fall River, five graduates of Holy Family High School, New Bedford, and one graduate of B. M. C. . Durfee High School, Fall River, will enter Mother of· Mercy Novitiate of the Sisters oi : Mercy, Cumberland, R. I. next Sunday to begin their three years' trainir1:g prior to proa An Anchor of the Soul, Sure and Firm ST. PAUL .. • fession of first vows. . ' 1 Following' one yea r as postulants, they will receive Thursday, Sept. 5, .1957 the holy Habit and their rea Fall River, Mass.

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llgious names. Two· complete years as novices will follow." Included in the group, of Mount St. Mary Academy graduates are the' follOWing members of SS. Peter and Paul Parish, Fall River: Elizabeth Marie Joseph daugh­ ter of Mt·. and·.Mrs. George Jos­ eph, 224 Brayton Avenue; Bever­ ly Anne Moore, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Moore, 399 Warren Street;' Kathleen Made Riley, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James Riley, 63 Snell Street. Margaret Elizabeth Stapleton, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Mau­ rice Stapleton, 29 Berkley Street; Norma Lillian Theroux, daughter of Mr,.and Mrs. Eug~ne Theroux, '686 Cambridge Street; Margaret Mary Wrobleski, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Milton Wrobleski, 822 Second Street. Other Academy graduates are Elizabeth Margaret Price, daugh- .. tel' of Mrs. Rita Price, 200 FrankTurn to Page Seven

41 Young Ladies Enter St. Anne's

Nursing School

A class of 41 young women be­ THREE SISTERS IN HOLY UNION: Mr. and Mrs. their training for careers as Arthur J. Murphy of St. Mary's Parish, Taunton, ~ith their gan nu"rses at ·St. Anne's School ot daughters (left to right) Sister Marita Elizabeth, S.U.S.C., Nursing. Fall Rivet" yesterday Sister Joseph Marita, S.U.S.C. and Sister Marita:Dolores, morning. The group includes 18 residents S.U.S.C.

Third Daughter of Taunton Couple Takes Final Vows The three daughters of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur J. Mur­ phy, 25 Ashland Street, Taunton, have dedicated their lives· to the service of God as Religious in the Holy Union of the Sacred Hearts. and Sister Joseph Marita are Sister Marita Elizabeth teachers at st. Francis de 'Saies (Marita Murphy) has made School, New York City. and both her final profession oCvows are candidates for degrees at at the Sacred Hearts 'Con­ Fordham University. Mr. Murphy Is a teacher. of vent chapel, Fall River. Her sis­ ters are Sister Joseph Marita science at Taunton High School. (Rosemarie Murphy) and Sister Two brothers of the Religious are Arthur J. Murphy Jr., who re­ Marita Dolores (Mary E. Mur­ phy). All are graduates of st. cently completed a tour of duty with the United States .Air Force Mary's High School. Taunton. Sister Marita Dolores js princi­ . and Thomas F.. a graduate of Monsignor Coyle High School pal of the Sacred Hearts Acad­ emy Elementary School in Fall and a freshman at Providence RIver. Sister Marita Elizabeth College.

'S~per~Olf AnfiOUrriCeS

of Fall River, 13 from New Bed­ ford. three fronf "'Swansea, two from East Taunton, and one each from Taunton, Raynham, Somer­ set, North Dartmouth and New­ port. R. I. Two students from New Bed­ 'ford, Alma M. and Thelma A. LaFrance. are twins. Following are na~es, addresses and secondary schools, fro m which the students were grad­ uated: lFall River Rose Mary Barry, 158 Fourth Street, MouT!t St. Mary Academy; Turn to Page Twelve

LEAVE ATTLEBORO FOR NEW PLACES: Two of the 12 nuns of the Missionary Servants of the Most Blessed Trinity to receive new assignments are· pictured above. ' Sister William Mary, Jeft, and Sister Joseph Mary leave the Holy Ghost Cenacle in Attleboro for new assignments.

T,velveTrinitarian Nuns Receive Mew Assignments

Twelve· transfers affecting communities within the Fall River Diocese were announced today by Mother Gen­ . eral Mary Sebastian of the Missionary Servants of the ,_ Most Blesseq Trinity, The new assignments for the Trini­ tarian nuns are effective Sister William Mary, from At­ tleboro to Philadelphia. immediately. Sister Joan of Arc, from Long Two nuns whose com­ Island to Attleboro. bined years of service at the Sister Elizabeth Ann, from Holy Ghost Cenacle in Attleboro total more than three decades are included among the trans­ ferees while anotl'ier Trlnitariim who has spent many years at a Cape Cod Cenacle has been given a new assignment. The transfers follow: Sister Joseph Mary, from At­ tleboro to St. Anselm's. Brooklyn:"

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Holy Union Assignments'

Father Is Away, He's. at PriestsO Annual Retre'ct

Change oJ assignment for five Su'periors and 16 Sis­ ters, affecting' schools in the Fall River Diocese, have been announced by Reverend Mother Gabriel Clare, S.U.S.C., Provil1cial of the Immaculate Heart Province of the Holy Union of the Sacred Hearts. Heart. Fall River, to St. An­ Transfers of Sup e rio r­ thony's as Superior and Princi­ pal. Principals are as follows: Changes in teaching assign­ Mothel~ Mary ( Virginia from St. Mary's to St. Joseph's, both in Taunton; Mother Anna Marguerite from St. Joseph's to St. Mary's, both In Taunton; Mother Eugenia Marie from Im­ maculate Conception, Taunton, to Sacred Heart. Lewistown, Pa. Also Mother Paul Elizabeth from S. WiViam of York, Bal­ timOl'e, Md., to Immaculate Con­ ception, Taunton; Mother Cath­ 1llrine Agnes from St. Anthony's. Taunton, to St. William of York:

SIster Mary Bernard from Sacred

ments are as tollows: Sister Therese from Sacred Heart, Fall River, to St. Mary's, Taunton; Sister Lawrence Marie from Sacred Heart to St. Mi­ chael's, both in Fall River: Sister Jeanne Regis from St. Michael's to Sacred Heart. .Sister .Olive Marie from St. Joseph's, Swedesboro. N. J., and Sister Dolor e s Therese from SacrelJ Heart, Mt. Ephraim, N.J.• to Sacred Heart, Fall River; SisTurll!l to, Pag!l l'wehfCl.

Holy Name Cenacle, Fall River to Blessed Sacrament. Walpole. Sister John Alice, from Blessed Sacrament, Walpole, to Holy Name Cenacle. Fall River. Sister Mary Andrea. from St. Patrick's, Wareham. to'Rochester (NY)' Cathedral.

Sister Peter Therese, from Os­ . terville, to Rochester.' Sister Margaret Vincent. from Osterville-Falmouth to St. Thom­ as', Southington, Conn. Sister Helen Marie. from Ro­ chester to Osterville. Sister Anne Marie, from Elm­ hurst (NY) to Osterville. Sister Geraldine, from Orange (NJ) to Osterville. . Sister Joseph Regina, from Os­ terville to Wareham.

UFather is on retreat this week. He won't be back until Saturday." This is the phrase that will be repeated over many rec­ tory telephones this week and next. It explains wHy half the

NURSING SCHOOL REGISTRATiON: Three stu­ who began their training yesterday are shown regis­ termg at st. Anne's School of Nursing with Sister Made­ line Clemence, director. They are, left to right, Pauline Cha:rpentier of New Bedford, Judith Correira of Fall River and Ann ;Ayhva~d q~ New Beq,fol;<i. de~ts

priests of the diocese are absent from their parishes this week, and why the other half will be away next week. The Fathers are on retreat. . . During the whole year the priests ot the pal'ish are interest­ ed in the needs of theIr parish­ Ioners, administering tlie sacrQa ments, instructing prospectivea Tun )0 Pag'6 ShooeD

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