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Appointment of an administrator, the transfer of tW6 pastors together with a new assignment for a parish assistant were announced today by Most Rev. James 1.. Connolly, Bishop of· Fall ·River. The changes are: Rev. George E. Eullivan, pastor of St. Dominic's Church. Swansea, to pastor of St. Joseph's Church, Fall River. Rev. William R. Jordan, pastor of St. John the Baptist, Central Village, Westport, to pastor of n St. Dominic's ChurCh, Swansea. Th~ M 0 s t Reverend Rev.. John G. Carroll, assistant ,Bishop will bless St. Anne's at Sacred Heart Church, Fall Convent in St. Peter's Par- River, to administrator of St. ish, ,Provincetown; Sunday John the Baptist Church, Central Village. afternoon at.3 o'clock. Rev. William J. Shovelton, Located 4t 20 Court Street, the new home for the Love of God l!ssisjiant at St. Joseph's Church, SIsters contains a chapel and Fall River, to assistant at Sacred ten rooms. Five sisters are in Heart Ohurch, Fall River. The new assignments are ef· residence, now and.a sixth one is fective Wednesday, Sept. 27. expected shortly. Father Sullivan, who served The residence is the form'er with brilliance and distinction as borne of Mr. and Mrs'. F'rank A. a military chaplain in the United Days and was given to St. Peter's States Army during World War " Parish by . Mr. Days after the II, will return to the Fall River death of his wife Anne. The con- parish in which he once served vent has thus been named after as an assistant to the priest·' he Mrs. ' . Days' patron saint, St. succeeds, the late Rev. Joseph P. ·Anne. Mr. Days now resides with Lyons. · a son in Arlington. The new Fall River pastor, The Love of God sisters fled who gained several meritorious Cuba during. Castro's religious awards for his service and duty persecution and have found resi_ to ,his country, was born in Fall dence in st. Anthony's Convent, River on Feb. 18, 1900. He is the · Mattapoisett. son of the late John P. and late · Rev. Leo J. 1>uart, pastor of Mary E. (Kenney) Sullivan. the Provincetown parish, also Fr. Sullivan attended B.M.C. ani:\ounced that at 8 o'clock Sun- Durfee High School, Fall River, day evening, a Mass in the Mar- and Holy Cross College in onite Rite will be celebrated in Worcester before he entered St. St.. Peter's Church, by Rev. . Bernard's Seminary inRochesGeorge Saad of New Bedford. tel', N. Y. F'ather Saad will have his own He was ordained on June · choir' sing the Mass and a com- 1925 by the late Most Rev. Daniel mentary will be made during F. Feehan, second Bishop of the the Mass. Diocese of Fall River. The new pastor of St. Joseph'm served as an assistant at Nantucket, Falmouth and at St. Mary's Cathedral in Fall River. . Turn to Page Twelve
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COVINGTON (NC) -:- The: 'retreat movement in the United States took on ec'umenical dimensions at Marydale Retreat House, Erlanger, in tl)e dovi~gton diocese when 37· Protestant clergymen gathered as the guests of the National Laymen's Retreat Movement tr~at was strictiy observed durmake a closed retreat. In- , ing the more than 40 hours of vitations were accepted by retreat and after its conclusion. No representatives of the press clergymen from Kentucky, Ohio, Pennsylvania, New. York; were' permitted 'to be present and Indiana, Wisconsin and Missouri, neither the Bishop nor the cleriand included Episcopalians, Lu- cal retreatants made any comtherans, Baptists, Methodists, ments on the program. The majority of the retreatants United Church of Ohrist, Presbyterians and a minister of the attended the daily Masses, but devotional programs were in Holiness Church. Bishop John J. Wright of private. The observance of the Pittsburgh, episcopal advisor to traditional silence and the custom of reading by a retreatant at ~he retreat movement in the United States, gave the formal each meal contributed to what retreat conferences, basing them the retreat director described on' the spiritual exercises of St. as "an edifying and unusually moving meeHng of men clearly Ignatius. The spirJ.t of the closed roe- intent ,on Christian perfecti911."
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Need'Lay- Volunteers In South America··~ TOLEDO (NC) - Catholic volunteers from the. U.S. are needed urgently in Latin America to allevi.ate the spiri tual and physical poverty of millions of people, an expert on LatiIiAmerican problems said here. ~'The greates·t single need is able Christian Magistra" are directly pertinent leaders," declares Father to conditions in Latin America. John J. Considine, M.M., The Maryknoll priest coma New Bedford native and ments first on the Pope's prodirector of the Latin America posal that men be paid a living BUI'eau National Catholic Wel- wage. fare Cdnference, in the prepared "A brief consideration of text he will deliver tomorrow Latin America aids us to appreFATHER CARROLL at the annual conver,tion of the ciate the significance of the. National Conference of Catho- demand," Father Considine says, lic Charities.' "Two-thirds of Latin America's Fathei" Considine stresses that population of 190 million lives many of the ideas presented by in want and often in squalor His Holiness Pope John XXIII and misery.',' Sparked oy attendance at in his encyclical "Mater et Turn to Page Twen~ the Summer School of Catholic Action for sodalists held'
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many Ca:tholic Americans wa~ scored by Bishop John J. Wright 6f Pittsburgh at the convention of the Diocesan Councilof Catholic Women here. This devotion, he said, has been a s'ource of weakness as well as a source of strength. "One of the best things we can do as Christ,ians," said the prelate, "is discover what things are wrong in our country so that we· can improve them. and bting' them in line with God's will. It's not a' Catholic 'position, it's a pagan position to say 'My country right, or wrong.''' Bishop Wright said it is astonishing that for all the publicity it receives, "Catholicism is almost an unknown in large areas of the American community." "Perhaps even more distressTurn to Page Eighteen
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vost High School, Fall River, are starting the new academic year with enthusiasm for the sodality BALTIMORE (NC) - A nationwide essay contest in program. Paul Morrissette and which Catholic high school seniors have been invited to Ronald Cote, both junior, class write on racism has been announced by the Josephite Mis- members; are among nine PreDo you know who wrote the Apostles< Creed? . . vost boys who ,attended Summer Th' th ht rt' I t h t • d sionaries here. The topic is "What is Racism Doing to the .. 'school sessions, together with IS oug ce am y mus ave come 0 your mm Church l'n Amerl' V<O some tiine' as. you prayed in 'church, or.,' at you'r be'dSl'd'" C·a'th 0 l'c 1 five-year program,. There wilt B ro. th er Ed mlm. d 0'f th e'.f aeu It y. .. today?" Father George F. be f i v e $1,000. scholars~ip, Paul, a mem 12er of ·the sodal- before you retited for the night. ' O'Dea, 8.S.J., Superior Gen- awards made each year for wfn~ ity: council, ,explains. that Per· Do you. know. the origin .of the many prayers you have been sonal Responsibility was the t ht th h ~h ? Do II . t th' full eral of the community which ners. to use ,at.tll~ college of .their.. 'theme·' of theSuriunerscho9.t '· 811g., mug, ' e years. you rea y. apprecla e el1' works among Neg.roes, said choice. . ,.' The' theme was carried into meaning? Do you pray honestly, or just recite words?· college scholarships 'will be of. "'I.'he theme will center the 'each 'course and discussion.'and We think most people 00 not know the origin and the reasons fel'ed as awards. thinking of the participants on' the' Prevost boys plan to em- :lor many prayers. "The purpose of the topic is to the effects of segregation .and phasize it in their school activ';1'0 fill this void, The Anchor will offer a column on its stimulate interest among Catho- discrimination on the spiritual iues. Editorial Page by Rev. John R. FoIster, assistant at St. Anthony lie students in the obligations and social development of the "If you make a lot of small of Padua Church in New Bedford. Father will outline the origin of Catholics toward their fellow Negro Catholic and also the Cau- things good, it makes a change," of the prayers you are familiar with and will provide the backmen in the field of human rela- casian Catholic," Father O'Dea said Paul. The sodalists will ground of these J;1rayers so you may say them more meaningfully. lions," he said. said. concentrate on "small things," Father FoIster's first article appears in Column Five of Page The pl'oject is tbe beginning ~ ~Ul\D k Page Eighteen ., hoping ,to awaken fellow stu- Six in this edition. A..
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