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Bishop' Appoints Priests PRIfSTS' .. llev. Raymond '11'. Considine, St William, F-aR River .. !Rev. Alfred J. Selldreau, St. James, Taunton lit- Rev. John A. SiMa, St Jobn the lBaiJItist, New Bedford .. lIIey. Thomas F. Walsh, St John the Evangelist, Attleboro .., Rev. William D. 1T!Iomson, St fll'300is Xavier, Hyannis lin. John E. Boyd, St. Patrick, Fait RiveII' ~. lester L Hull, Sacred Heart, Fall RileI' lin. James F. Lyons, St Peter, Dighton lief. lLuiz G. Mendonca, St Anthony, lEast falmouth' Ian. Robert L SUlI'!t@l1, St Mary's Cathedral, Fall River lief. Reginald M. Barrette, St. Roch, Fan River

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SENA'It Rev. Gerard \Boisvert, St. Anthony,' New Bedford Rev. Joll!! !P. Driscoll SS. Peter and' Paul, Fall River Rev. Bento R. fraga, St. John of God, Somerset Rev. John IF. Hogan, St. Mary's Home, New Bedford Rev. !Edward J. Mitchell, Holy Name, Fall River Rev. Cornelius J. O'Neill, St. Paul, Taunton Rell. .Iqseph l. Powers, Bishop Feehan High School, Attleboro Bev. Albert F. Shovelton, St. James, New Bedford Rev. Walter A. Sullivan, St. Mary's Ca.thedral, Fall River Rev. Columba Moran, SS.CC., St. Joseph, Fairhaven Rev. Felicia~ Plichta, O.F.M.Conv., Holy Cross, Fall River

Pastoral Council PASTORAL COUNCil Members of the Priests' Senate Mrs. Aristides Andrade; 165 School St., Taunton Mrs. John Mullaney, 51 Tanager Rd., Attleboro Mrs. Gilbert Noonan, H lantern St., Falmouth Mrs. James A. O'Brien, Jr., 37 Forest St., Fall River Mrs. Rodolphe Paradis, 42 Mt. Vernon St., New BedforaB Hon. Philip M. Boudreau, 43 Southfield Lane, Osterville Dr. Carl J. DePrizio, 1 Park St., Mansfield Maurice F. Downey, Esq., 646 Rockdale Ave., New.Bedford Richard K. Martin, Esq., 262 Chase St., North Dighton Hon. William A. Torphy, 316 Montgomery. St., Fall River

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Advisory Boards to Aid B.ishop In accordance with the provisions of Vatican Council U's Decree on the Bishopgo Pastoral Office in the Church, the Most Reverend Bishop has today announced the es­ tablishment of the two bodies called for in each Diocese a Senate of Priests and a Pastorai Council of Priests, Laymen and Laywomen. The Senate of Priests, a,s explained in the Motu! Proprio, Ecc1esiae Sanctae, for the Priests' Senate and the sions and recommendations oil of Aug. 6, 1966, for the im­ Pastoral Council are for a period .pastors, assistants, priests with plementation of the Decree, of three years; one third of the special responsibility for youth t\.. i,s a grolip of priests repre­ members will be subject to re­ and family life, supported by senting the body of priests in appointment or replacement judgments of the laymen and! women who are invited to take the Diocese who, by their coun- each succeeding year. The ap­ ; sel, can effectively assist the pointees will meet quarterly with membership in the Pastora1l 'i P.ishop in the matters affecting proviso for extraordinary ses­ Council, we will be able, God­ sions according to diocesan need. willing, to work together for the the good of souls, in the further­ In setting up the advisory, advancement of all the faithful, ance of the temporal administra- r with clergy and religious as well, Uoh of the Diocese as a whole, boards the Most Reverend Bish­ and in the' material ~oncerns of op reflected the prayerful hopes to tpe realization of our initial, particular parishes as well. The. of the entire Church, stating:. goal, the glory of God and the "Hopefully, through the discus- wlvation of souls." Senate, which will work in col­ laboration with the Diocesan Consultors, is composed of ten pastors, ten assistants and two 0 religious priests. The members of the Priests' $4:00 per Year Senate were chosen on the basis ~ 1966 T~e Anchor of the balloting done by the PRICE IOc priests of the Diocese in conAt the personal request Of Pope Paul VI, the rectors of junction with the planned Di­ the seven Roman universities and academies have organized! ocesan Synod. . The Pastoral Council, as ex­ a' Congress on the The0logy of Vatican n.More than 1400 plained, in the same papal letter theologians from throughout th~ world have answered the

f<lT the implementation of the request and met in Rome at the Domus Pacis:

decree, is composed of the twen­

ty~two Priest-Senators and five

.Theology ~eeting Pope's Letter lllymen and five laywomen. Its Bishop Connolly has designatea. Sunday Oct. 2nd, as. fimction is ~o investigate aU Theology profess.ors, ~'f!Cmmary . "In essentials,' unity; in non­ a,nd, theQlogical faculty mem­ .nfl'aternity Sunday in the Diocese. In an appeal to all" th:ngs pertaining to pastoral ac­ essentials, liberty; and in all bers, "qualified exponents of ec­ . e Bishop reminds that we have a duty to br.ing Christ tivities; to weigh them careful­ things, charity/~ St,l<eh ,i$ the ly and' set forth practical con- 'clesiastical studies" and the like' norm, according to Pope Paul VI" uPto our world and this we do by the force. <?f O\lr faith and , elusions concerning them sO as came to Rome at the bidding of. fur deliberations he lias re"" ~ample. In. emphagizi~g the . Whatever we do; however we' t() promott: con~ormity of the life the Pope. A few lay perSOnS were quested concerning the theology .U to the . Lay Apostolate, reel, we have an impact and an lind actions of.the People of God also invited together .with three of' the Second Vatican Council, . with the Gospel. .or four Protestants'. A' personal' ~ahop Connolly sw,ted, "The ·Though the Council was de­ Turn io Page Two The episcopal appointments Turn to Page Nineteen ooithful should be vigorously signed to face' the. practical prob­ Ill'ged to take up their duty lents of the Church of today, the c)f carrying on the apostolate Holy Father stressed that it "in 0lle.h according to his state and no way extenuated or diminish­ ed the role of ~heologians. In lJbility. "Whatsoever you do for these -fact, today more than ever the lDY brothers, you do for me," exercise of the pastoral office $t. Matthew 25:40 demands that the spiritual life . The letter: . Between them they've given over 100 years to the '\Y0rld of .education. They've touch-. o~ Christfans be supported by Beloved in Christ: a firm foundation of truth and Sunday, October 2nd, will be ed the lives of more than 100,000 schoolchildren, They've visited every elementary schooC that they be given' correct and in the Diocese uncounted times, always bringing cheer and encouragement with them, safe orientation in order to avoid! l£ept as Confraternity of Chris­ tian Doctrine Sunday. The pur­ Now they're retiring and with Diocesan- School Supervisors Sister Felicita and Sister the dangers of modern errors ~ of this is to remind us that whose force is such that it aims Miriam go the good wishes we have a duty, all of us, .to and gratitude of teachers, at subverting the natural foun­ \!)ring Christ into the world. This dations of faith." \We do by the force of our faith children, pastors, school di­ . The Pope pointed out that the rectors and .co-workers from aIDd example. tE'achings of the Council' "con­ No 'One live~'completely apart. one end (\f. the Fall River Dio­ stitute proxi~ate and universali cese to the other. Turn to Page Seventeen The grateful ones will try to express their feelings on Sunday afternoon, Oct. 9, when teachers and friends from all parts of

the Diocese will converge on

Pope Paul, in a special letter Mt. St. Mary Academy, Fall Cssued }\ugust 15, has confirmed River, for a testimonial honoring' bis earlier decision on restrict­ the two Sisters' of Mercy. Illig the use of the vernacular and The Rev. Thomas Corbisn. A specialty group from the ll'ctaining Latin as the usual lan­ Coyle High School band will ley, S.J.~ distinguished schol­ guage in the daily choir office play for the occasion and chil­ ar, will speak on the Ecumen­ of monks and certain other Reli­ dren from St. Patrick, Holy ical Movement in England a:ious clerics. In no way does this Name and St. Anne schools in to' a gathering of priests, reli­ 0Ktend to parish liturgy, how­ Fall River will present enter­ <aver. gious and laity of the Diocese of taimnent. A spiritual bouquet Fall River on Thursday, evening, The papal letter cites the de­ from all the schoolchildren in Oct. 6, at Mount St. Mary Audi­ 0.l'ees of the Council, a general the Diocese, nearly 20,000 of torium, F~l1 River, at 7:45. funstruction implementing these them, will be given to the Sis­ Father' Corbishley was for <:recrees of Oct. 26, 1964 and an­ ters, and among those who will SUlPJERV][SORS JRE'Jl'!JRJE: On eve of retirement as many years Master of Campion. other instruction issued on Nov. express in words what lies in ~, 1965. the hearts of all will be Mother elementary supervisors in Diocesan school system, Sister Hall; Oxford, and Superior of The letters asks for the faith­ Mary Kieran, Provincial Supe­ Miriam, left, anli Sister Felicita of the Sisters of Mercy the famous Jesuit Church' on Farm Street London. During the ful observance of these decisions rior of the Sisters of Mercy; Rev. chat with young student, typical of over 100,000 youngsters week of Christian Unity earlie'l 'Eum to Page EighteeilJ Turn to Page Eighteen they've influenced in course of 25 years. Turn to Page ~hteeml

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Pontiff Calls Theologians To Clarify Council Aims

Ep'iscopal Letter Sets Oct. 2 as CCO Sunday us

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.~lementary School .S,upervisors Retire, Look Back Over 100 Years Service to Children

Monks to Retain latin Office

English Ecumenist To Sp'e,ak Here Oc,tober' 6


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