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The ANCHOR V@t 6/1 No. 40
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FATHER BOYD
FATHER SZKLANNY
FATHER CRONIN
Bishop Names Fr. John Boyd To Head Fall River Parish, Fr. Cronin To Direct Home
Designation of Rt. Rev. Msgr. Ed!-Jlund J. Ward as past~r emeritus, appointment of two administrators, and the re-assignment of an assistant are announced today by Most Rev. James L. Connolly, Bishop of the Diocese. The changes are effective Oct. 2, 1962. Rev. John E. Boyd, director of St. Vincent's Home and administrator of St. Bernard's parish, Assonet, be- Decency in Literature; Diocesan Boyd was born Aug. 6, 1907 in comes administrator of St. Consultor, and was Pro-Synodal Taunton. Following studies at Patrick's, Fall River, where Judge of the Matrim(;mial Court. St: Mary's High, Providence Msgr. Ward has served as He was named a Domestic Pre- College and St. Bernard's Sem-
late Sept. 6, 1952. inary, he was ordained June 10, pastor since June 12, 1951. While chancellor, he served as 1933 in the Cathedral by the Rev. John P. Cronin, assistant at St. Patrick's, succeeds Father chaplain at the Sacred Hearts late' Most Rev. James E. ea&sidy. Boyd as djrector at St. Vincent's Academy in Fall River. Father Boyd He served as assistant at Our and administrator at St. BerSon of the late Michael J. Lady of the Isle, Nantucket; St. nard's. Rev. Adalbert A. Szklanny, Boyd and the late Louisa M. Patrick's, Falmouth, and St, Bo¥d, Father Turn to Page Twelve assistant to Father Boyd at St. (McCormick) Vincent's, is named assistant at St. Patrick's. Msgr. Ward Son of the late Joseph F. Ward and the late Bridget E. (Byrne) Ward, Msgr. Ward was . . born Feb. 7, 1886 in ·Fitchburg. WASHINGTON (NC) - The compromise bill to aid Following graduation from Holy Cross College in 1909 he com- American colleges was sidetracked by the House after a pleted his studies for the priest- howling controversy in which the nation's biggest educahood at St. Bernard's Seminary; tional association. openly attacked equal Federal assistance to Rochester, N.Y. and was or- private colleges. Most immeWilliam G. Carr, executIve dained May 1, 1913 in St. Mary's diate' Congressional opinion director of the association, said Cathedral by the late Most Rev. Bishop Daniel F. Feehan. His. was that the bill is dead. But the bill's provision for "special first assignment waS, assistant Sen. Wayne Morse of OJie- purpose" grants to all colleges, at St. Patrick's. ' gon, chairman of the Senate including those which are pri, Msgr. Ward served as Dioce- Education subcommittee, said he vate, imperiled constitutional san chancellor, rector of the would try to rescue it neverthe- separation of Church and State. . . • He made no objections on eduCathedral, and pastor of St. less. The National Education Asso- cational grounds. Joseph?s, Taunton, until named After the House voted 214 to pastor of st. Patrick's. He had ciation, climaxing a gradual been Diocesan Director of the buildup in its active opposi- 168 to send the bill' back to Apostleship of Prayer; member tion, sent telegrams to all mem- House - Senate conferees, a of the board for the League of bers of Congress just before the course urged by the NEA, Msgr. Decency in Moving PiCtures and house vote, demanding that the Frederick G.. Hochwalt, a top spokesman for Catholic educathe National Organization for Qill not be adopted.' tion, blasted the NEA's intervention. He is director of the Education Department of the Nat1.onal Catholic Welfare Conl ference. "It ought to 'call itself the National Public Education AsTurn to Page Seven Michael's Church, Fall River are j~ining this week in observance
Prelate Blasts National Education Association
RT. REV. EDMUND J. WARD
Genial Msqr.Ward Pastor Emeritus' In 50th Year To an outstanding degree, the quality of loyalty has eharacterized the priestly life of Rt. Rev. Edmund J. Ward, today named pastor emeritus of St. Patrick's Church, Fall River. Loyalty to Most Rev. Daniel F. Feehan, his pastor as a boy, brought him initially to the Fall River Diocese, and for the almost 50 years that he has served here, his devotion to the Diocese bas been remarked by all. He has yet another loyaltyfriends say that if his veins were tapped, his blood would run purple, such is his love for his alma mater, Holy Cross College. In all. his assignments, it was easily known when Msgr. Ward! was around. People wore a smile on their faces and theh' hearts were lighter because he had passed among them. And never was he one to pasa anyone by. No matter how pressing his duties and how many the demands made upon him, he always had time to pause on seeAng a person, young or old, and lllis face would light up and there would be a warm hand' clasp, 11 genuine interest in what the person WWl doing, a shrewd question that indicated he knew Turn to Page Eightee!l
St. Michaelis, Parish ···Plans Spiritual Social Events" for ~ 'Golden Jubilee
All members of St. of the parish's diam<md jubilee. Events will ,be climaxed on- Saturda-y,·the feast of St. Michael the Archangel, and on Sunday. At 8 Sa.turday morning a solemn high Mass will be sung for the spiritual and temporal needs of the parish and at 11 Sunday morn.,. ing, another solemn high Recorded in a Diamond JubiMass~ this one of thankslee souvenir book now being distributed is a brief parish giving, will be celebrated. history. Sunday afternoon will see a procession through the streets of the parish. All parish societies will be represented and Right Reverend Humberto Sousa Me-, deiros, chancellor of the Diocese and pastor of St. Michael's, will carry the Blessed Sacrament for the adoration of the faithful. Last Tuesday MaSs was celebrated for the repose of the souls of all deceased parishioners. On the festive side of the ledger, St. Michaelites made merry at mammoth bazaar last Sunday. The bazaar will be repeated beginning at ., Saturday night and again on Sunday, immediately following the street procession.
MSGR. HUMBERTO MEDlEJIROS
St. Michael's began in 1896 and was at first a mission of Santo Christo Church, mother of all Portuguese parishes in Fall River. In 1902 it became a parish in its own right, with Rev. F ran cis c 0 Jose Constantino Flores as first pastor.. This first pastorate was cut short, however, by the death of Father Flores after only 10 months at St. Michael's. He was succeeded by Rev. Manuel Cipriano Grillo, to whom fell .the task of beginning payments on the parish debt of $15,000. He was hampered in his efforts by a serious strike that affected his parishioners, but he Turn to Page Twenty
Diocesan Faithful To Begin Council Prayer .~NoYena Following the directive of the papal encyclical issu~d on July 1st' and entitled Paenitentian Agere (To Do Penance), the Most Reverend Bishop has instructed that A Novena of prayer and spiritual ex'ercises be held in all parishes and convents of the Diocese from Oct. 1 to 11 for the coming Second Vatican Council which convenes in St. Peter's Basil~a in Rome on Oct. 11. The Pope's encyclical called for the world's Catholics to do penance in preparation 'for the Council, 'and asked the world'a Bishops to institute this solemn novena in honor of the Holy Spirit to invoke the blessings of Turn to Page Eighteen