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Bishop Announces Changes Affecting Parish Priests Most Rev. Daniel A. Cronin, S.T.D., Bishop of FaIl River, today announced the appointment of Rev. Msgr. Lester L. HuIl as the new pastor of Our Lady of the Isle Parish on Nantucket. Associated with Sacred Heart Parish for some 26 years years, Father HuIl returns to the parish of his birth and youth. For 19 years he served Sacred Heart
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Parish as an Assistant Priest and he has been pastor of the 100 year,old parish for the past seven years. Son of the late Lester V. and the late Helen (Ayers) HuIl, Monsignor HuIl was born on Nantucket Island on ~ctober 2, 1907. He received his early education at St. Joseph's Academy, WeIlesley Hills, and St. John's Prep School in Danvers. A graduate of Holy Cross'CoIlege in Worcester, the new Island pastor prepared for the priesthood at St. Bernard's Seminary, Rochester, N.Y. On May 26, 1934, Most Rey. James E. Cassidy, Third Bishop of FaIl River, ordained him a priest in St. Mary's Cathedral, FaIl River. Monsignor HuIl has served in Sacred Heart Parish, Oak Bluffs; Sacred Heart and St. William Parishes in FaIl River; St. James Parish, New Bedford; Mt. Carmel Parish, Seekonk, and St.. Margaret Parish in Buzzards Bay. Pope Paul VI named him a Domestic Prelate with the title of Monsignor on July 20, 1967. Bishop Cronin also announced Turn to Page Three
Workers Should Choose PHOENIX (NC)-The Bishops ,/ of Phoenix and Tucson have caIled for a democratic election by farm workers to choose a un;on and end the serious hardship imposed Qn wOl'kers and growers alike. The episcopal statement was issued by Bishop Francis J. Green of 'tucson and Bishop Edward A. McCarthy of Phoenix who declared that the "bitter struggle in the agriculture 'areas, Qf .alifornia 'has now 'been extended to our own state. "Weare gratefu1lly aware that not all growers in Al'izQna can be accused of mistreating their workers," the bishops said, adding the hope that the workers would beaI.lowed by secret baIlot to select a union to represent them. They added, however, that in Arizona, as in most of the nation, the wages and working condiHons of farmers are often below the survival level for human existence. "We encourage Qur Catholic
peoplle to support the efforts being made for a just settlement of this conflict which is causing harm and serious hardship to both grower and' worker alike." The bishops said that for the last 10 years or so the UFWU has' attempted to organize the farm workers, and that ,recently the Teamsters Union has negotiated contracts with growers. The Teamster contracts, the bishops contend, were negotiated with the growers without giving the farm workers any voice in the negQtiations and with the obvious attempt of destroying the UFWU. "The result is that the worker has been caught in a connict over which he has no 'control," the bishops said. "The bitter struggle in the agrkulturalareas of California has now been extended to our own st1ate." The bishops said the question of union membership and the choice of a union is one which onqy tbe farm work~r can answer,
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In a new thrust to emphasize the ChurCh's mission in education, Most Rev. Daniel A. Cronin, S.T.D., Bishop of Fall River, Monday blessed the new diocesan Catholic Education Center, 423 Highland Ave., FaIl River. For the first time, all the educational apostolates of the diocese are brought under one roof, coordinating the efforts of hundreds of dedicated priests, religious and laity in bringing and explaining the Faith to thousands in Southeastern Massachusetts. Sunday, Catechetical Sunday, attempts to do the very same thing in each parish of the diocese - grouping an entire parish's resources to Plake the teaching of the Faith a most integral part of ,parish life. The particular Sunday is set apart each year "to caIl atten·tion to the importance of catechetical work in the parish, the diocese and the Church at large," said Father Charles McDonald, director of the National Center of Religious Education-Confraternity of Christian Doctrine. "Each year, Catechetical Sunday highlights something different," Father McDonald told NC News. This 'year the focus of the Sunday is on the U. S. ,Catholic bishops' pastoral message on religious education, "To Teach as Jesus Did," he said, "because it was issued within the past year and is the strongest statement of the bishops in regard to religious education." ' The booklet his office has prepared for Catechetical Sunday contains something for the whole parish in its section on a Sunday homily and suggested prayer of the faithful, he said. Then, responding to sections of ,the bishops' pastoral, the
127th .Year Most Rev. Daniel A. Cronin, S.T.D., Bishop of FaIl ~iver, will be the principal celebrant and homilist at the 127th Anniversary Celebration. of the Apparitions of Our Lady of La Salette: - The ceremony will be held at the LaSalette Shrine, Attleboro, on Sun~ay,Sept. 16 at 3 o'clock in the afternoon. At 2 o'clock, a concert of . liturgical music will be presented by the combined folk groups of the area under the direction of Father Andre Patenaude, M.S. A solemn triduum preceding the feast of Our Lady of La Salette will be held on Thursday, Friday and Saturday, Sept. 13, 14, 15. A guest homilist and a guest folk group will participate in each evening's event at 7:30. . Tonight, Rev. Bernard .Baris, M.S. will preach with the Bread of Life Folk Group of FaIl River singing. Friday evening, Rev. Rene Gagnon, M.S., will be the homilist with the St. Patrick Folk Singers of Somerset providing the music. Rev. Donald Paradis, M.S., will preach the last triduum service on Saturday evening with folk music provided by an Attleboro group of folk singers under the direction of Father Patenaude.
BLESSES CROSS: Most Rev. Daniel A. Cronin, S.T.D., Bishop of Fall'River, blesses the crucifix that will adorn the entrance of the new Catholic Education Center, 423 Highland Ave., Fall River. The center was dedicated on Monday, Sept. 10, with many priests, religious and laity attending, among whom were Rev. Patrick J. O'Neil1, Director of Education in the Diocese (left) and Most Rev. James J. Gerrard, Auxiliary Bishop and Vicar General of the Diocese (right). booklet's suggestions for observance of the Sunday emphasize three categories of people, Father McDonald said. The booklet's section on "A Method of Initiating' an Adult Religious Education' Program for the Year," Father McDonald stated, is a response to the pastoral's section saying that "formal programs of adult education at the parish and diocesan levels deserve adeguate attention and support, including professional staffing' and realistic funding. Adult education should also have a recognized place in the structure of Chur<,:.h-sponsored education at all levels, parish, diocesan and national." The booklet's· section on "Meeting with Parents in Regard
to Religious Education," he said, is a response to the pastoral's statement that "without forgetting, then, that parents are 'the first to communicate the faith to their children and to educate them" ... the Christian community must make a generous effort today to help them fulfill their duty." The booklet's section on "A Ceremony for Commissioning Parish Religious Education Personnel," he said, is a response to the pastoral's statement that "the effectiveness of voluntary service in religious education programs must be strengthened. Parish leadership should give recognition and moral support to the volunteers engaged in this Tum to Page Five
Parish Considers Buying Public School Building St. Lawrence Parish in New Bedford may be unique among the Catholic parishes of the United States. At a time when more and more parishes are leasing and or selling their parochial schools to the public school system, St. Lawrence Parish' is taking un'der consideration the POS" sibility of buying a public school. At Masses last weekend, Rev. John P. DriscoIl, Rev. Thomas E. O'Dea, Rev. Michel G. Methot,advised the parishioners that the Redevelopment Authority is in the process of taking Carney Academy. Formerly the Clarence Cook School, the public school· is diagonally across the street from Holy Family High School, the high school attached to St. Lawrence Parish. A new school is to be built in the Middle Street area. The Authority wiIl either, tear the Carney Academy down
or offer it for sale and St. LawrenceParish is in a position of being interested. Parish officials are waiting for the Redevelopment Authority to s,uggest a price for the school. The Parish has a fund - the John R. Barrett Fund - which was left' to the Parish 20 years ago to bUy or build an auditorium for Holy Family High School. The money was not enough at the time and there was no place for the building to be erected so ,the fund has been idle for these years unable to be used. If the purchase and renovation price can be met by the Barrett Fund, St. Lawrence Parish is in the position of acquiring the Carney Academy and thus obtaining an auditorium for Holy Family High School, further classroom and other facilities for the school, and the use of these facilities for St. Lawrence Parish activities.