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Vol. 4, No. 37
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Bishop's Office Gives Clergy Transfers Transfer of two pastors, the appointment of an administrator and the transfer of an assistant are announced today from the Chancery Office by the Most Reverend Bishop. Rev. F. Anatole Desmarais, pastor of St. Ma~thew's Church, Fall River, becomes pastor of St. Jacques Church, ,Taunton, succeeding the late ~ev. Willi&m J. Smith who died on July 17. Rev. Aurelien L. St. Michael's Church, Ocean Father Desmarais ,Moreau, pastor of St., Hya- Grove" goes to St., Joseph's Father Desm.arais, a native of cinth Church, New Bedford ~hurch" Attleboro. His transfer Fall River, received his early 'D . ' IS effective Thursday;, Sept. 22. Turn to Page: Eighteen . succee ds F a th er esmarms '
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as pastor of St. Matthew's in Fall
: DONNA EVA.CU.EES: Family of Mr. and Mrs. Napoleon .
Roy of North Fairhaven was evacuated by' Fairhaven Police' at- 4 :00 A.M. Monday mornltlg and taken to St. Joseph's school, Fairhaven for refuge against. the hurricane. 'l'he eight children range in age from 5 mos. to'12 years. •
Officials Deplore ~pathy: I~' Face of Red Threat
WASHXNGTON (NC) - Officials charged with combatting subversion are frankly concerned over the' apparent apnthy of the American' public. None is m9re·.concerned' thim J. Edgar Hoover, director of the Federal, Bureau' of Investigation, who reported is expected to bring a stepped.,up Congress that the com- Red effort to stir up students in munist party in this country American colleges. There was , evidence of such a drive in the bas recently enjoyed some last academic semester,,, and
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of 'its most impressive successes while. this was, pointed out, it. is. in 'recent years, and that "it is felt here that the American impossible to stand idly by in, ~he people generally did not seem face of the challenge this com-'to apprec~ate the gravity of:the tnu'nist success represents." // situation. ' The school'year just opening Turn to Page Eighteen
Attleboro, becomes administrator of St. Hyacinth Church, New,' Bedford. These -transfers are effective Tuesday, Sept. 20. Rev. Bernard A. Lavoie, assistant at:
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CCD
"An all-day program ,dealing, ,,,,ith 'various aspects of ,the Confraternity of Christiall; Doctrine wiil ta.ke the place thi,s year,of the annual Fall Clergy Conference. To be held' from 9:30 to, 4 Monday, ,Sept. 19, at' Bishop' Stang High', $chool, North Dartmouth, h '. . ' , ,. '11 b 't't d d c aIrman. th e''SeSSI?nS .WI ea.en e Lunch 'in the Bishop Stang Rev. Finbarr McAloon, by all prIests of,the DIOcese. cafeteria will be followed 'by an SS.CC., ,administrator 0 f Th~ 'program, under direc- opportunity to inspect exhibits Holy, Trinity Church in West tion of Rev. Joseph L. Powers of CCD publications and varioWil Harwich and of the Our Diocesan Director of the Con~ catechetical aids.
G,i~e Contract
For Mission
Lady of the Annunciation Mis- 'fraternity of Christian Doctrine, Afternoon sessions will include . sion in Dennisport . has an-' will open with a discussion of an, address,"How the CCD nounced the awarding of the "The Church and the Lay Apos- Helps the, Parish," by Rev. Luiz . contract to enlarge the Dennis- tolate." Rev. Joseph B. (::ollins, , G. Mendonca, parish CCD direc_ port' church to the'firm of John Director, of the National Center tor at Our Lady of Mt. Carmel "·B. Lebel and Sons of Osterville. of the CCO, Washington, will Church, New Bedford.' ChaJr'ville. spe,ak and Msgr. Edward J. man will be Rev: Regis Kwiat-. Contract· price -for the work Fitzsimons, Diocesan CCD Direc- kowski, SS.CC., parish CCD,,which will see the present ~truc~ tor, BUrlington, Vt.. ,will be' dir~tor, St.. Francis Xavier , ture widened' on both sid'es with chairman., Church, Acushnet., two new side altars added 'and a Second session "w,iU consider ,Closing ,the 'day, His Excelnew exterior, spire . erected "The Need of a Parish Executive leney, the Most Reverend James _is' $43,490, Last week's issue of .-Board," with' Rev. Mederic J. L. Connolly, D.D., Bishop of. The Anchor featured a front- Roberts, DiocesanCCD Direc-' Fall River, will speak on "The "page sketch of the enlarged mis-, tor, Worcester, as speaker 'and ',Diocesan CCD ,Program," He sion. ' , Rev. -David J. 'Coffey, Provi- will be introduced by ~'ather Turn to Page Te,» . dence Diocesan Director, as Power,
New Rules Step in Restoring Liturgy .
C'hanges in, Rubrics , Emphasize' Christ"
Another important step has been taken in the over-all t:,estoration of the liturgy initiated by Pope Pius XII in. 1948, along *he: lines, laid down by St. Pius X IJO ,years ago. , .' This'latest fruit of the 20thoe.jtufY liturgical movement is • new c. ~ of rules for the Ch.!Jrch calendar' and ,for, the l\'II1SS and the divine Office." Officially promulgated by ·His lIoJin~ss Pope John XXIII on ~u~y 25 .to be e~fective next Jan~Qry 1, Its detaIls have now been published.. In ,making the an'nouncement, Pope John explained the partial imd preliminary nature of these ehanges:,"After long and mature corisideration; We reached the opinion that the more basic prineiples affecting the generalliturgical rcstora'tion should· be presented to the fathers at the forth~ eoming 'ecu'11enical council, but that the correction of the rubrics of the missal ancl breviary should ~ot be delayed any longer." The most significant feature of the codification is the renewed emphasis placed on the temporal ~de of the Church calendar.
that is, the Svndays of, the year and the feasts and seasons which celebrate the chief mysteries of the Christian religion. Superficially, thi~ may' appear to be' a kind of downgrading of the feast days of the saints, In reality it is'a new reminder that' all fe~st days,including': the feasts of the - saints must' be :centered upon 'Christ 'Himself.. This reinforcement' of the chief fcasts and seasons is evi,dent, fo'r example; iri the new 'and higher ranking of Sundays as· "first class" (Advent and Lent) and "secon<l class" (other Sundays). Every ,Sunday of the ,year is intended to ,be· a celebration of the resurrection of, Our Lord from the dead' and a day, of' baptismal renewal. These concepts, planned at one of the results of the 1955 reform of the Holy. Week and Easter lit-' , urgy, should now be enhanced by the technical classification of Sundays in the missal and breviary. A second good instance of the same thing is the stress laid on the quarterly ember days' by • Turn to P~ge Ten
Pontiff Asks Bet!er Pr.oyer Office AI m
Mass Simplifications Seen Meaningful
A whole series of ,small but the prayers at the foot of the , ~n immediate consequence of meaningful changes affects the altar and the last Gospel-silently, the changed rubrics or regulacel~bration of Mass. Some are not' aloud,' For low Masses, tions is 'Ii great shortening of the' simplifications. On a few occa- .priests ,have been reminded, divine Office. The Office is thesiOl:'-S ip.the year the preparatory .. again-as,'was done by the Holy, public prayer of Christ and the 'prayers at the fpot: o.f the altar ,See in '1958-to recite the re-" Church recited at different wm be omitted. The Creed will .quired texts loudly, clearly, and times d'uring each day by clergy,' _not, be said. o~ S,u~g at so many .slowly. ,To increase the dignityarid Religious ancI by. some lay Masses. The sol~mn dismissal at'· .of the ordinary, parish high Mass, ,people. Mass will ordinarily' be "Ite, ,the incensings customary at , The shortening cif the' Office missa .est'~. (Go,' the Mass., ia ' solemn Mass may ,now be added ,was accomplished by reducing ended), WIth· .the, a~terna,~lve at all sung Ma~ses. the number'of lessons to be re- phrase, "Benedlca~us D~I~ll~O" Of real significance for the , cite'- '(from the lives of the saints (Let us bless the Lord) re;;erved piety of-the faithful is the strong and from' 'the sermons of the for ,~a,slles followed 1.>y a .. pr~disapproval giyen to the abuse Fathers "of the' Church) on all ces~lOn. The lalit" Gospel w111 be of distr~buting Holy Communion' 'Sundays and on most weekdays.- oml~ted at such Masses, and a.ls9 " at odd and improper .moments This, with :other omissions and' atth~ funera~_Mas.ses bec,ause of during Mass:, ·'.The proper time simplifications serves to lighten' the ~lte of absolutIon whIch fol- for distributing Holv Communthe burden es~ecial1y for priests lows. • ,. . ion to the faithful i.s during Mass, who' are nowadays en'gaged in The ad~ltIonal prayers or col- after the Commulllon of the celTurn to Page Eighteen lec~ a~ Mass will be more stric~eJ;>rating. pries.t." Th"! cele.brant , ••• • • •••••••••• ly limIted from now on. Those hlmself,ls to gIve CommunIOn to ,The author of these articles, .sometimes required. by local. the people, although he may be Rev. Frederick R. McManus, bishops are severely restricted. assisted by other priests. Since of Boston, is on the Canon Law They:,maY,be ordered for "grave, there is an abuse involved, the Faculty, of the Catholic 'Uniand public necessity or calam- Holy See added:· "It, is altogether versity, President' of the Naity," , but on a temporary basis unbecoming that Holy Commun_ tiomH· Liturgi'jf.l Conference, rather than pe,rmanently or ion be distributed by another and has been appointed a conindefinitely. priest at the same altar wnere sultor 'to the Pontifical ComTo' emphasize more important .Mass is actually being celebrated, llllission on Sacred Liturgy foil' parts' of the Mass; the celebrant outside of the proper time for the Ecumenicall CounciL of sung Mass is directed to say , Turn to Page Tell