Bishop Plans $2,000,000 School for Greater New Bedford Area
DIOCESE READY TO PROCEED WITH CONSTRUCTION OF MOD~RN EDUCATION PLANT: The architect's sketch. of the first regional high school planned for the Diocese is shown above. It will provide secondary educatio~ for boys and girls \ who live in Greater New Bedford. Announcement of the new school was made today by the Most Reverend Bishop. . , -
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Begin Work Soon on First Regional High School
Construction of a new $2,000,000 Regional Catholic High School In Dartmouth for the Greater New Bedford area will begin in the very near future, Most Rev. James L. Connolly, BiShop of Fall River, announced today. The new school is the first of sev ' " eral contemplated diocesan regional high schools. - . Designed by Chester F. Wright of Waltham, the new school will contain, 24 An Anchor 0/ the Soul, Sure and Firm - ST. PAUL classrooms in addition to science, laboratories and rooms By R~v. Edward J. Mitchell _--------------.;..-----~-~~., for, teaching art. the domestic The engine snorts one last clo.ud of black smoke into Thursday, Sept. 19, 1957 sciences and business practice. Fall River, Mass. The new schooi, which will be the chilly air and the express from Lyons grinds to a halt. S.cond Class Mail Privileges Authorized PRICE 10c co-educational. accommodating , This is as far as the train goes on the long pilgrimage to Vol. 1, No. 24 at Fall River, Mass, $4 00 pe~ y~ . 1,000 boys and girls, will occupy ..... ...;.. . - - - ' a 15-acre tract of land, including Our Lady of LaSalette. The station sign reads "Grenoble." .) " a spacious parking lot for auto- , Three American pilgrims The panorama is one to, tantalize the new school swing, their suitcases onto the scope of a Cinerama lens plant will include a chapel which the platform, and then, or to shout praise forever to the creative hand of God. For, Gre ~'Radl·o S wHrbe fittingly named Our Lady stretching travel - weary noble sits on the brink of the TV
Papal Encycl'ical, Demands ',ora I Stan dord M
VATICAN CITY-His Holiness Pope Pius XII has is sued, an encyclical letter which has been called here the Quadragesimo Anno of the public entertainment media. The message declares' that motion pictures, radio and t~levision Sh?,uld. serve to films, radio and te.levision "wl11 giVe people a mOl e respect certainly restrict the people's ful understanding" of each true development and wea~en other and to bring them closer together. The Pope states that these in ventions, while products of men's ingenuity, are "nevertheiess the gifts of God, our Creator," and as such should have as their ~Irst c1im "to serve tmth and virtue." But at the core of his 13,000 word encyclical, e~ltitled Miranda PI'orsus (Remarkable Inven tions), Pope Pius warns that
t.helr morals" unless controlled by set laws or moral safeguards. Four Parts As In Quadragesimo Anno. -Plus Xl's great encyclical of 1931 on reconstructing the social 01' del', Pius XII in Miranda Prorsus in clear terms outlines the prob lems, recommends solutions 'and gives a plan of action for Catho
Nazareth Hall
Classes Start
Diocesan Women Enter Convent
Nazareth Hall, the new Diocesan School/or Excep tional,Children, was opened yesterday morning with an el1l'oliment of 21 pupils. BishOP Connolly will bless the school at 2 o'clock this afternoon. Open house for the public will be held Sunday afternoon from 2 to 5 o'clock, and for Sisters from 2 to 5 Saturday afternoon. The Board of Admissions, Is comprised of BishOp Connolly; Rev. Edward J. Gorman, A.M., . LL.D., superintendent of Dio cesan schools; Sister Maureen, RS.M., B.Ed.. principal; and Dr. John E. Manning, prominent Fall Rlvel' pediatrician and con sulting physician. The school will be operated Turn to Page IFoudeelll ,
Mary's LaSalette Message
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of Lourdes in honor o~ the cen tennial of the Blessed Virgin's Apparitions at Lourdes. Other additional features will be a combination auditorium - gym nasium with a seating capacity of 1,000 which may be separated for boys' and girls' use simulta neously. Convent for Nuns A spacious cafeteria with a
limbs, sample the change of air. Here in the station, it is a strange mixture of coal dust, cigarette smoke, and crisp mountain air. But once outside, all,ls freshness.
mighty French Alps. . A meal, three color slides, and 45 minutes later. the tlll'ee young
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Publ'ic School Pupils Profit ByCCD Plan
Faith in Action Inspiring'Sight Says Chaplain
By Rev. Joseph L. Powers
A wealthy and important woman haa once asked Pope st. Pius X in private audi ence, "What can I do for
sc uls, Father John F. Denehy of Fall River is, spending a short furlough from the United states Air Forces with relatives and friends in the Diocese. Father Denehy, who served at Our Lady of the Isle Church, Nantucket and the Sacred Heart
the Church. Holy Father?" "Teach Catechism," answel'ed the .saintly Pontiff. This unex pected answer was not given for the sak~ of deflating pomposity, though the Pope was able to do Turn to Page Fourteen
Three graduates of Sacred Heart Elementary Scrrool, North Attleboro have en tered Holy Union Novitiate,
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Happy to be home, but ever eager to return' to his Far East aSSignment for the saving and co~version of
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Sacred Heart Province, at Gro ton, Mass. The Postulants are Miss Yo lande Davignon, Miss CeCile Mer cure and Miss Lorraine Sirois. Miss Davignon, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wilfrid Davignon, 58 River Street, North Attleboro, is a graduate of S~. Jean-Baptiste Academy. Pawtucket, R I., con ductedby the Sisters of the Holy Union. Miss Mercure, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Mercure of 103 Holmes Road, North Attleboro, ,
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Let's Tell' the Whole Diocese \
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NAMED MODERATOR: Very Rev. Hugh A. Galla gher, Dean of Lower Bristol Courity and pastor of st. James Church, New Bed ford, has been designated as moderator of the first re gional high school c;:ommit tee by the Most Reverend Bishop,
The Anchor again invites each' and every Catholic organizatio,D in the Diocese-on the parish, local and diocesan level-to submit its news to us for publlootion. . We are interested in and, want to inform all the Diocese of the actiVities of all clubs and sodalities, groups like the parish Guilds. Knights of Columbus, Serrans. Catholic Nurses, Legion of Mary and the Daughters of Isabella, just to name a few. You have 'seen releases in past issues. They were submitted by alert and progressive publicity, chairmen. Your organization is en titled to recognition, too. We will assist in telling your story to all the peopie of the Diocese-from the Attleboros on the Rhode Island line to Provincetown on the tip of Cape Cod. Your group must cooperate. rv{Qke it your business to communicate this final invitation to your presidtmt, publicity chairman and organization membership. Because we publish weekly, it is necessary that your news re leases reach us by Saturday before the desired Thursday publication, d'il.te: Send your news to The Anchor. Box Seven, Fall River, or telephone message to the Social Department, OSborne 5-7151. -,
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