Bishop Connolly Announces Faculty for New Regional'High
Jesuits to Staff Boysl School
World Famous Educators Accept Invitatio'n
The Society of Jesus - better known as the lesuits - will staff the new diocesan regional high School which will open to Greater Fall River boys hi the Fall of 1966. Announcement that the world-famous teach Ing order will establish its first community in the Fall River diocese was made today by the Most Rev. James L. Connolly, Bishop of Fall River. It is expected that ultimately a total of approximately 30 members of the 400-year old teaching- order will live in the faculty residence building which will adjoin the educational insti.
Boston College High, Boston. Xavier High, Concord. Cranwell Preparatory, Lenox. Fairfield Preparatory, Fairfield, Conn. Cheverus High, Portland, Me. Jesuits, who have been laboring in the United States since 1833, conduct three of the better known New England colleges. They are: Holy Cross College in Worcester, Boston College in the Commonwealth's capital city and Fairfield Uni versity in the wealthy Connecticut community.
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"The proposed institution will be the sixth eolleg-e preparatory school in New England con ducted by the Jesuits and will bring to a total of more than 50 high schools directed by Jesuits in the United States," Very Rev. John V. O'Connor, S.J., New England Jesuit Provincial said today. The Fall River Diocese has provided the Jesuits
with a number of priests since it was first estab lished as a Diocese in 1904. The other five New England college prepara tory high schools conducted by the Jesuits are:
There are a total of 3,100 boys studying in the five New England high and preparatory schools conducted by the Jesuits. The new regional high school will be built in the northeast section of Fall River in the area bounded by Elsbree Street, President Avenue and Route 24.
The drive for funds to finance the construc tion of the new school plant will be launched this ... Fall. The Fall River School will be the fourth Regional High School built under the guidance of FR. O'CONNOR, S.J. - BISHOP CONNOLLY "Bishop Connolly.
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District Serrans Convene Sunday At Bishop Stang High School Serra District 40 Convention will open Sunday at noon with a Mass for Serrans and their wives in the Chapel of Bishop Stang High School in North Dartmouth. After brunch, wives of Serra Club members from New Bedford, Providence, Fall River and social hour followed by the ban Attleboro will follow a pro quet at 6:30. MQst Rev. James L. gram of interest to them Connolly, D.D., Bishop of Fall from 2:15 to 4:45 while their River, will speak at the banquet
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Fall River Women's Council Installation Next Sunday Officers of the Fall River Diocesan Council of the National Council of Catholic Women will assume their postR at 3 Sunday afternoon. Sept. 15 in the chapel of Our Lady of Good Counsel Retreat House, East Freetown. Bish op Connolly will install the Me., national direc group, assisted by Very Rev. WaterVille, tor of the NCCVV. Thomas F. Walsh and Rev. The first business meeting of William McMahon. Benedic Turn to Page Twelve tion will take place at this time. A tea will follow, with mem bers of the New Bedford district as hostesses. Mrs. Leo J. Teles manick. president of the New Bedford district, and Mrs. James Leith are in charge of arrange ments. Miss Margaret Lahey has planned the installation cere monies. Among honored guests will be Mrs. Evareste LaVerdiere of
Boys' High Campaign The initial meeting for the hnd Raising Campaign to eonstruct the Boys' High School in Fall River will be held Thursday night, Sept. 19, at 7:30 in the Sacred Heart Pa rochial School Auditorium, corner of Linden and Pine Streets, Fall River. . All pastors and a steering committee from each parish will meet with Bishop Con nolly at this first stage of the '1,750,000 campaign to be con ducted in 36 parishes' in the Greater Fall River area.
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Dual Blessings Bishop Connolly will officiate
at a dual blessing at Espirito Santo Parish, Fall River, Sunday morning. At 10:30, the Ordinary of the Diocese will bless the new parochial school and then bless the new Chutch at 11 o'clock.
husbands and other Serrans par ticipate in convention activities. Master of Ceremonies for the afternoon will be Attorney Maurice F. Downey of the New Bedford Serra Club, host to the Convention. He will introduce District Governor Dr. Allyn Sul livan and Rev. Joseph Hughes, Director of Vocations of the Dio cese of Providence. . At 3:15 there will be panel discussions with the Providence Serra Club presenting one on "Attendance and New Member Indoctrination," the Attleboro Club discussing "Program Pan el," and the Fall River members treating "Club Activities." Very Rev. George A. Schlichte, rector of Pope John XXIII Sem inary for Delayed Vocations, 'Weston, Mass., will speak at 4 o'clock. At 4:45 the Serrans will be joined by their wives for Bene diction of the Most Blessed Sac rament and then there will be a .
Catholics, Protestants Join in Inter-Faith Meet At St. Augustine's, Vineyard ~aven The ecumenical movement has brought out at least one problem pastors of all de
nominations share ..:- every one has trouble getting his con gregation to sit up front! This was demonstrated at a memor able inter-faith discussion held in St. Augustine's parish hall on the island of Martha's Vineyard. But after Rev. Cornelius O'Neill, pastor of St. Augustine's, and Rev. Henry L. Bird of Vineyard Espicopal Parish, co-sponsors of the event, managed to move people into the front rows, everything went swimmingly. It started out swimmingly, in fact, when Rev. Charles Von
Euw, professor of patristic theo logy at St. John's Seminary, Brigb.ton, and Paul Chapman,
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director of Packard Manse, Stoughton, a headquarters for inter-faith discussion, arrived on the Island for the program. They went swimming and splashily agreed that ecumenism was a fine thing when it afforded op portunities for such relaxation :on a hot Summer day. Swimming apart, however, the program grew out of amiable discussions among the Vin~yard clergy, and with the permission and encouragement of Bishop 'Connolly, plans were made for the inter-faith gathering, which was attended by ministers of all Island churches, also residents and Summer visitors including a sprinkling of vacationing sem inarians, p r i est 8 and other ·churchmen. Turn to Page EighteeA
and featured speaker will be Dr. Paul vanK. Thomson, director ot the Liberal Arts Honors program for talented students at Provi dence College and professor of English there, who will speak on "The Church and Changing Times." A native of New Jersey, Dr. Thomson received his A.B. de gree from Columbia University and the M.A. and Ph.D. degrees from Brown University. During VVorld VVar. II he served in the Navy and was attached to the Turn to Page Twelve
Somerset Parish May Construct New Edifice A new church for St. Thomas More Parish, Somer set, will be provided be ginning next Spring if the parishioners desire it, Bishop Connolly noted in a letter to the pastor, Rev. Joseph K. VVelsh. The letter was read at all Masses in the Somerset Church on Sunday and a copy of it was reprinted on the parish bulletin that was distributed to fill the parishioners.
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Grade Teachers Meet Tomorrow William Reedy of the Sad lier Co.., one of the authors of "Our Life in God," reli gion textbook series adopted this year by schools of the Dio cese, will be featured speaker at an all-day institute for ele mentary teachers to be held to morrow at Sacred Heart School, Fall River.
Mr. Reedy will discuss and ex plain the kerygmatic approach to catechetics as used in the new Turn to Page EighteeA