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Six priests of the Diocese are affected by transfers announced by the Chancery Office. ' , They are Rev. WilHam H. O'Reilly, transfered from St. Patrick's Church, Falm.outh, to St. Peter's Church, Provincetown; Rev. Luiz G. Mendonca, from Immaculate Conception Church, New Bedford, to Mount Carmel Church, also New Bedford. An Anchor of the S01I,l. Sure and fi'irm-ST. PAUL • Rev. Manuel'. Andrade,.' from Mount Carmel Church, New to Our Lady of the WASHINGTON-The Holy River, Mass. Thursday, Sept. 25, 1958 Bedford, Angels Church, Fall River; Rev. See, through the Apostolic William E. Farland, from St. PRICE tOe Seeond Clan Mail PriTile..ee Delegate, Most Rev. Amleto Lawrence, Church, New Bedford, $4.00 po, Yoa, Aathorlled at Fall Ri ver. Ma... Giovanni Cicognani, has an . to St. Patrick's Church, .Fal mouth. . nounced the appointment of Rev. Arthur Wingate, from Most Rev. Albert G. Meyer, St. Joseph's Church, Taunton, to Archbishop' of Milwaukee, to be St. Lawrence Church, New Bed Archbishop of Chicago, succeed ford; Rev. Charles H. Poirier, ing the late Samuel Cardinal Stritch. from St. Peter's Church, Prov incetown, to St. Milry'S Church, The Chicag() See has been Taunton. vacant four months since the Cape Parishes death of Cardinal Stritch' in A native of Fall River, Father Rome where he had gone to O'Reilly was educated at Durfee assume a new post as first AmerHigh School, Providence College Turn to Page Sixteen and St.' Mary's Seminary,' BaltiTurn to Page Eighteen
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Vol. 2, No. 39
Founder of Home In New Bedford Dies. in Canada
Bishop Stresses Lay Apostolate . Activity Need
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AID NAZAHETH HALL: Members of the committee planning the Knights of Columbus Ball to be held Oct. 13 include, seated, left to right, P.G.K. Edward J. Galligan of St: Isidore Council; G.K. Vito R. Morra, Bishop Stang Coun cil'; st~nding, G.K. Lloyd F. Jarvis, Bishop Cassidy Council; John A. Murley, St. Isidore Coimcil; O. Herve Fortin, public relations director; Bishop Stang Council. G.K:-
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K of C to Sponsor Holiday Ball for Nazareth Hall
ST. PAUL (NC) - Lay men's cooperation with the bishops in the work of the HEADS SEE: Most Rev. Church has never been more Albert G. Meyer, Archbishop frequent or more needed than of Milwaukee, has been ap now according to Bishop Al pointed by the Holy Father phonse J. Schladweiler of New , to 'succ~E:d the lat~ ~amuel UIm, Minn. The Bishop told 30,000 men at Cardinal Stritch as. Arch annual joint rallies of the St. bishop of Chicago. As Ordin Paul and New DIm Holy Name ary' of Chicago, Archbishop Societies that "any professional man who does his ,work in the Meyer heads the largest spirit of faith is quite naturally Archdiocese jn the ,United' States: The appointment was a lay apostle." J '4nnounced yesterday. Turn to Page Eig-hteen
Parishioners of St. Anne and Sacred Heart churches in 'New Bedford are mourn ing the death of Rev. Omer Valois, 89, former pastor of both parishes. Death came to the Canadian born priest at Maison Cham pagneur in Joliette, Quebec, a ,retreat for priests, He had retired from the pastorate of Sacred . Heart Church in 1949 because of ill health, Father Valois.was born in St. Norbert the Berthier, Que., and ordained to the priesthood by the. Most Rev, Edward Charles Turn to Pag-e Eighteen
It's Sometimes Confusing for Pupils 'When Twin Siste'rs Become Sisters
Five Councils and two Fourth Degree Assemblies, will
unite in sponsoring a Knights of Columbus Ball for the
benefit of the Bishop's Fund for Exceptional Children. The' Bv Patricia McGowan event is scheduled for Monday night, Oct. 13 from 8 to 12 As children they dressed alike, ~ent everywhere together, confused everyone. As at Lincoln Park. Swansea, No. 3669; Damian, Fair grown~ups and Franciscan Missionaries of Mary they're still doing it. The only twin mem Semi-formal attire will be haven-Mattapoisett, No. 4190; St. bers of their congregation in the United Sta tes, Mother Clare and Mother Francis Borgia, . worn and music will be by Isidore, the Farmer, Dartmouth Westport, No. 4373; Bishop Stang, just graduated from Emmanuel College, Boston, weren't separated on their first teaching Art Perry's orchestra. Naz New Bedford, No. '4532. assignment. town.; but,they read of them in switched classes as grade school areth Hall, Fall River, is the Fourth Degree assemblies unit Mother Clare is teaching a mission magazine, started writ- youngsters, so they should be ehief beneficiary of the Fund. ing in the project are Bishop fourth grade at Espirito ing to the superior in North sympathetic if twins they have. l'articipating Councils are Fall Stang, Fall River and Bishop S to chool Fall River and Providence, and entered the in fourth grade at ~spirito Santo River No. 86; Bishop Cassidy, Cassidy, New Bedford. an s ! ..' . community as soon as they were do the same thmg. They're ~other FranCIS BorgIa I~ ,tea~h- old enough. Pamela and Patricia Medeiros, 109 secon~. Or maybe It, s v~ce At Emmanuel College one twi,n another pair of look-alikes, acversa. Their students aren t qUite majored in art, the other in cording to Mother Clare. Just to sure., English. As a result many of complete the confusion, there's Rev. Raymond W. McCarthy, Director of the Family Nor is a young lady who their classmates didn't know another Mother Francis Borgia chauffeured Mother Clare to ,a there were two of them until at St. Anthony's convent where Life Bure'au of the Diocese, has released the schedule of summer sc h I ' t no t graduation. "Sometimes I'd be the twins live. 00 asslgnmen Cana Conferences for October and November. shared by her sister. She didn't asked for the homework assignBut the children at Espirito The Cana Conferences are a series of talks given by know her passenger had a twin, ments in classes my sister was Santo have managed to straight pn'ests of the Dl'ocese who holy marriage, the relationship and when she saw number two taking," said Mother Francis en. matters out. Mothera Clare, k . l'lzed'III thOIS wor. h ave specla between parents and children at waiting on ,a church . h step1mfor Borgia, "but I'd J'ust say I didn't they've discovered, has a tiny . other transportatIOn sea ost have them. It would have spoiled gap between two front teeth. These talks are given to various stages of the child's de'd d . velopment.· had an acci ent turning aroun everything if I'd explained." Mother Francis Borgia hasn't. . dId' marrle coup es an aIm at The talks are conducted in the to see how Mother Clare had The twins' admitted they'd Or is it the other way round? bringing husbands and wives to evening by two priests and after managed ,to get out of the car. • greater appreciation of their every session there is a 'question Young Missionaries
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The talks discuss HlIsband-wife period. gan when they were 12. There'
l'elationship, the various eleThe complete Cana Conference are no Franciscan· Missionaries
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In this crinoline-conscious day, the Sisters of· Charity of Quebec offer a special into young ladies. Their attractive black and sandy-grey habits, when pinned i ' ~~,',up for work, as they usually are, fall natura lly into a hoop skirt effect. ~ But hoop skirts and crinolines are far from the minds of the Sisters themselves. • ,\~," hey're far too pusy taking and are on volunteer duty daily There's a washday once a week, tare of 145 oldsters and 250 from noon to 3 P.M., Sister St. for instance, but if residents want . . oungsters at Sacred Heart Henriette, superior, tol<'1, us. any special washing, ironing or ~.~~~ome in New Bedford and But the Lavoies are cmnrara- mending done, they have only r .~. Joseph's Orphanage in Fall tive youngsters. The home hal' to take it to tiny, smiling Sister •• <f( ~t.:t.:.~ver, respectively. Thirty-three nearly 20 guests ranging from St. Hormidas, who presides over '.',' ~". ,~., :-!S.J..,sters staff Sst. JoSePHh's tand 90 to 100 years old. Of those ~~~ 1~~~d~i~:Sy:e~~:;wya:ss,"t~:r~ ~""'. ,:,!",ere are 22 at acred ear. still active, MitcheU' Lamothe, " " , . :'" /~/The day we visited the New who will be 100 next April, is Sister St. Henriette. <. dford home, we were greet~ the dean. He can still run the Birthday celebrations are im"",. b1; Mr. and Mrs. Andre Lavole, elevator, and is up and 'about portant. There's birthday cake, ~ duty at the door and elevadaily. and ,the Sister salute the cele !to Eighty-six and 84, they have Many personal touches mark brant with 'Happy Birthday to ~ at the home for 12 ye8l'll life at Sacred Heart Hom.., . Turn to Page Five
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TWIN FRANCISCAN SISTERS: Pupils (and Sisters) at E~pir~to Santo School' in Fall· River have difficulty identifying Mother M. Clare, left, and Mother Francis Borgi~. right. The Sisters I are identical twins.