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Candidates Prepare for Formal Acceptanc~ in Mercy Or~er Four young womer. have joined For morel than one hundred the ranks of the Sist lrs of Mercy years the Sisters of Mercy have in ceremonies helc in Mt. St. been serving the people of Rhode Rita Chapel, Cumberland. KathIsland, southeastern Massachuleen Barden Deborah An Pontes, setts" and Belize and Spanish Ann purciy: an1 -Helen Turley, Honduras, <Central America, ill . have taken residence ,:l three the fields bf education, social local communities in 'repara· work, and health care. tion for their formal acceptance At present, there are approximately 750, Sisters in the Provinto the communuity a' candidates. ince of Providence, one of the Sister. Mary Mercy McAuliffe, . nine provin~es of the Sisters of ' Provincial Administrator, pre- Mercy of the Union with the sented each candidate with the General Motherhouse in BethesMercy Cross, symbol of the con- da, Maryland. The total community numbelis about 5,000 Sisters secration of the'Sisters of Mercy. Following the brief ceremony, throughout rhe United States. there was a reception and buffet ' for the candidates and their guests. I , Candidates Kathleen Barden, of 217 Orchard Street, New Bedford, is a graduate of St. Xavier Academy, Residents, of the Greater New Providence, and Southeastern Bedford area ' are invited to atMClssachusetts University, South tend the I:<ick-off meeting of Dartmouth. During, the coming Birthright of New Bedford, a proyear, she will live with the Sis- life organik,ation, which will ters of Mercy on Pleasant Street show slides: dealing with aborin Franklin and will teach at lion an1 hold an open discussion Mercymount Country Day School session at 8:P.M. Thursday, Sept. .' 20 at St. M~ry's School hall, Tarin Cumbe~land. I " kiln Hill Road, New Bedford. Deborah Ann Pontes, of 2176 Mr. and IMrs. Gordon Baker, South Main Street, Fall River, is education. coordinators for the a graduate of Durfee High new association, will conduct the School, Fall River, and South-. meeting, t6 which those who eastern Massachusetts Univer- might ' wish I to volunteer assissity. She will Ifve at Cathedral tance in tile pro-life effort are ConvelJ! on Tanner Street in especially invited. Providence, and teach at St. Xavier Academy.
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MADONNA MANOR GUESTS AT OUTING: Residents of the No. Attleboro Home for
the Aged traveled to the. Dominican Sisters novitiate in Dighton on Saturday for an autumn Anne M. Purdy, of 752 Stafford Roa~;' Tiver~on, ~. L~ is': a .'; . _.1 ..... ',.: _.... ' cookout., Jimmy"Hagerty, chef, pr paring the·' barpecu.~d chickens, -is the object of, the graduate of Mt, St. MalOY AcadContfnurd from Page One attention of Harry Dowdall, Bj;dge~ Flaherty, Sr: Thomas More; superior ,at· the rijanor and cmy (now Bishop Gerrard High . appoirlted by the Most Reverend "'Gus'Hoelln:" ".,,:--.':", . . . ";~" -.~ ... '.:; .. "" ~':""'::'1" . . '.' - '., . Scho<;>l), Fall .River, and holds a '- Bis'ho'p: 'Th'el Most Revei='efia D~n bachelor's and master's degree 'iel A: Cronin, STD, Bishop' of / from Rhode Island College. ~he Fall River,! has. appointed to will reside with the Sisters of membership on the Senate of Mercy in Franklin and will teach Priests ReV. Felician Plichta, at St, Mary-Sacred Heart School, O.F.M. Corvo of Holy Cross CASTELGANDOLFO (NC)·- Council's noting of the Church Church's human, time-tied asNorth Attleboro. Cross Church Fall River and Church 'reform is a duty, Pope as thb people of God and de- pects is always a duty and a Helen Turley, of 96 Robert Rev. Jamesl R.' Nickel, SS.CC. of Paul· VI has declared, adding im- c1ared that Catholics must pon- possibility. But it does not auStreet, Attleboro is a graduate of' Holy Trinity Church, West Har- mediately that such reform must del' id "if we want to overcome thorize anyone to take a critical ' Bishop Feehan High School, that wich. build up and not tear down the scepticism, above all." stand or undertake subversive or city, and Sturdy Memorial Hos· The first, meeting of the Sen- Church, ThJ Pope continued: "In the petty pole~ics. Reform must pital School of Surgical Techni-' ate for the! 1973-74 session will J.. l t d f d work e en h hto bUild h " up, not tear down He indicated that a profound seconu p ace, we mus cians, Attleboro. She will con· take place bn Friday, September ourse ves from the temptation to t e c urc . tinue her employment at the 21 at 1:30 R.M. in the auditorium study of the Church would proSturdy' Ho~pital and reside with of the Catholic Memorial Home, tect Catholics "from the tempta- , build . by ourselves,. with our the Sisters of Mercy, Oakcrest Fall River.: One item on the tion to build by ourselves, with brain or with our culture, a new Drive, North Attleboro: agenda con;cerns the election of our brain or with our culture, a type of Church. an artificial schen:/e of a religious·society dif· Formation officers for ithe coming year. This new type of Church." Inc. ferent from the evangelical As candidates, these young ~eeting, Ii~e all sen~te meetings, The Pope was speaking at his and ~postolic concept." women will follow a program of " IS. open t~ the prrests of the regular weekly general audience I . Funeral Service Re~erring to Church reform, he I B d formation. During this time, they Diocese. p ' at his summer home here. His Edward F. Carney will live the daily life of the Siser;sonne oar . theme was the need to "rethink speci~ied: "The reform, of the 549 County Street tel's of Mercy, consisting of prayTh~ Per~onnel B~ard assists the Church," and he· called· sue;h . New Bedford 999-6222 cr, work, relaxation, study of the ~he ~Isho~ ~n. an adVisory capac- r:ethinkihg ."the principal theme, . N'ew Ambassador Serving the area since 1921 principles of religious life, and It~ m utll!zmg the talents of perhaps of the recent (Second AWA (NC) - Paul Treminteraction with the ~isters' com- ~rrests to accommodate th.e best Vatican) Council." 'blay, 59, under-secretary of state munity at large. Each candidate m.terests of the .C.hurch m the He observed: "It has been real- for extenral affairs, has been aphas a Sister in her local commu- ~Ioces.e of!-Fall River. It funcnity 'who acts as her guide into tlons md~p,endentl~ of t~e Sen- ized that the Church is not only point~d the new Canadian am· Wilfred C. religious life. ate of Prre~ts, but. IS asslste~ by the teacher of the faith, but is bassa:dor to the Vatican, succeeding John E. Robbins. He will . Sullivan the Senate's Electron Committee itself an object of faith." Driscoll take ,over from Dr. Robbins, 78, in carrying 'out the procedures of Noting that ecclesiology, or in late September. Tremblay is nomination: and election. Necrology the ~econd Canadian envoy to Elected for a two-year' term the study of the Church, had be20E, WINTER STREET SEPT. 29 the yatican since the establishare Rev. Walter A. Sullivan of come a distinct study for theoloFALL RIVER, MASS. Rev. J.A. Payan, 1899, Found- Sacred Heart Church, Taunton gians only with attacks on the mentl of diplomatic relations be· Church at the time of the Proter, St. Matthew, Fall River. 672-3381 tween Canada and the Holy See and Rev. John J. Steakem of St. in 19f9. ' SEPT. 30 Julie Church, No. Dartmouth: estant Reformation, the Pope deRev. John J. Griffin, 1963, Pas- The Most' i Reverend Daniel .A. . clared that a continued study of • Cronin, Bishop of Fall River, has the Church is necessary for "the tor, St. Paul, Taunton. designated: Rev. John Steakem spiritual and· moral renewal' . !OCT. 2 which' is the aim of the Holy Rev. Joseph E. SutiJla, 196i, as' chairman of' the Pe'rsorinel Year," Funeral Home Funera' Ho~e Board. Pastor, St. Casimir, New Bedford. 571 Second Street 550 Locust Street Pope Paul has declared a Holy I Fall River, Mass. Year in Rome for 1975, and also Fall River, Mass. 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