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Pope John himself has given the purpose of the Seca ond Vatican Council which will open next Thursday in St. Peter's in Rome. He has' called together 2,500 cardinals, bishops and prelates of the Church to bring about what he has called, in Italian, an "aggiornamento" - a bring. that have been sweeping each ing up to date,of the Catho- century. The twentieth century lic .spiritual and moral pro-- is no exception.
L. Connolly, D.D., Bishop of Fall River, will leave on Monday afternoon' for the Second' Vatican Council convening' next Thursday in Rome. Accompanied by Rt. Rev. Humberto S. Medeiros, S.T.D., Chancellor of the Diocese and pastor of St. Michael's Church, Fall River, the Bishop will travel, by- train from Providence to N_ew York. The two prelates will th~n leave by Pan American jet fr{)m Idlewild International AirPort for Rome on Monday eveIling. -Most Reverend James J. Gerli-ard, D.D., Auxiliary Bishop of the Diocese and pastor of' St. Lawrence Church, New Bedford, will, in his capacity as Vicar General, administer the Diocese during Bishop ConDolly's stay in Rome. :The Most Reverend Bishop has received a communication from ,the dircctors of the 1800-church Massachusetts Co u n c i I 0 f Churches extending official gpod wishes as he leaves for the Sec- . ond Vatican Council in Rome. The message was sent to the Ordinaries of Boston, Springfield and W'lrcester also. Text of the message read: . "The board of directors of the Massachusetts Council of Churches extends its good wishes to Roman Catholic, bisho)J'S in Massachusetts on the eve of their departure for the Second Vatican Council. "We assure them of our earnest prayer that by God's grace their deliberations may effect the furtherance of the spirit of unity and brotherly IIffeetion among all Christians."
Youth'Week ~mphasizes
Reverence' WASHINGTON (NC) 'A group of national leaders Joined Francis Car din a I Spellman, Archbishop' of New York, in a salute to the 12th annual National Catholic Youth Week observance which will open Sunday, Oct. 28. The Cardinal, commenting on the week's theme, "·Reverent Youth -Loyal Leaders," declared: "It lis my em'nest hope and prayer that America's youth will develop reverence so that they will be loyal, God-loving citizens of our country." Tum to p'age Nineteen
gram for modern living. He is determined to renovate the Church. For while the Church is a divine institution founded by Christ, Christ still uses human instruments to carry out His will in the world. And men 'charged with tpe responsibility and the power to carry out the will of Christ must, from time to time, gather to' consider the new problems facing the Church and brought on by the social, economic, political, scientific and philosophical revolutions·
Legion Ratings Aid Wise Fi'lm Choice CHARLOTTE (NC)-The National Legion of Decency aids people in making a morally wise' choice of films and is definitely not a censorship group, the legion's 'executiv0 secretary said here. Those who thjnk of the legion as being composed of "blue' nosed censors who are, for "nor does it now nor has it ever the most part, 'superan. . endorsed, supported or otherwise nuated spinsters'" have a advocated censorship control of HIS HOLINESS POPE JOHN XXIII
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Questio'ning, of Ed,ucators Starts'· 'NationwicJe :Study NOTRE DAME' (:NC) - The first nationwide study of Catholic' elementary and,secondary 'schools has entered its first major phase with the mailing of questionnaireli to 13,500 principals' and 160,000 teachers. William Conley, director of the project, also -oUc elementary and secondary announced plans for a pilot education in the United States. study as part of the coast- The survey is centered at the to-coast survey. The study U1!-iversity of ~otre Dame ",:,here a new computmg center WIll be used ,to precess data. . Ass<?ciated with the Cat?ohe schools study is ,a consultmg committee composed of Father Theodore M. Hesb~rgh, C.S.C.. N<:>tre . Dame preSident; Msgr. ~rederIck G. Hockwalt, e~ecu bve secretar~ of the NatIonal Turn to Page Seven
Maronites of Diocese Welco~e Antioch Patria rch to Po rishes
The 75th anniversary of the founding of Saint Mathieu's parish, Fall River will be obRerved this Sunday
The Most Reverend Bishop dispenses from the law of abstinence for Friday, Oct. 112. Columbus Da)'.
false image of it, said Msgr. films. Thomas F. Little. "The legion has never in its Speaking at the 50th anniverhistory supported government ,sary dinner of the Theatre Own- 'censorship; on the contrary, the ers of North and South Carolina, record shows an insistence by he asserted that the "Legion' of the legion upon the philosoph)' Decency is a film guidance serv. of 'mtnimal legal restraint' and II ice of the Catholic Church whose 'maximum of social responsibilc> principal purpose is to assist ity.' " , people in the making of a free :. ·Msgr. Little then pointed out but morally discriminating . that in their 1957 statement" choice of films." . : uThe Church and Censorship," "The' legion is neither a cen-' the U. S. Bishops urged the dou~ sorship group," li~ continued; Turn to Page Ten
will be carried out in the schools of the Diocese of Fort WayneSouth Bend, Ind. Other special studies will follow. The three-year study national project is financed by a $350,000 grant from' the Carnegie' Corporation of New York. It is. expected to provide for the first time an accurate profile of Cath-
Fall River Parish To Mark Jubilee Next Sunday
with a Solemn High Mass of Thanksgiving celebrated by Rev. Henri Charest, pastor. Rt. Rev. Msgr. Henri Hamel, Lt. Col., U.S.A.F., a native of the parish, will deliver the sermon. Rev. Clement Dufour, curate llIt St. Theresa's parish, New Bedford, and Rev. Bernard Lavoie, curate at Notre Dame parish, Fall River, will be' deacon and subdeacon respectively. Both are natives of Saint Mathieu's. Turn to Page Thirteen
The early days of Christianity were a' spiritual revolution during which churchmen faced the problems of the age. These Apostles and their successors showed their Jewish brethren that Christianity was the fulfillment of the Jewish religion. They entered the pagan world, adopting and adapting what was true and good, and made Chris- . tianity such a moving experience through the sacraments and the liturgy and the freedom Turn to Page Ten
Paul Peter Meouchi, 68, who visited Maronite churches in New Bedford and Fall River last Saturday and Monday and Tuesday of this week, enjoys the exotic title of His Beatitude and the lofty rank of Maronite Patriarch of Antioch and All the East. Cilicia, and the Chaldean PatriAs Patriarch, he belongs on arch of Babylon. a. level of hierachical honor All are Catholics who give immediately below His Holi- their allegiance to the Roman 0
PRELATES MEET: The Most Reverend Bishop greets His Beatitude, Paul Peter Meouchi, Maronite Patriarch of Antioch and the Whole East, on his return to the Fall River Diocese on a visit. The Patriarch served as pastor of Our Lady of Purgatory Church, New Bedford, from 1922 to 1925.
ness, Pope John XXIII, Patriarch of -Rome and of the West, a distinction Patriarch Meouchi shares with the Patriarch of but five other jurisdictions in the Catholic Church. PatriarCh .Meouchi is, in other words; a truly important personage in the church's hierarchy, being co-equal in dignity with the' Coptic Patriarch of Alexandria, . the Melkite, and Syrian Patriarchs of Antioch, the Ar.menian Patriarch of
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Bells To Ring In accord with the request of His Holiness, Pope John, the Most Reverend Bishop orders that the bells of all the Churches in the Diocese shall be rung on Thursday morning', Oct. 11, at 11 o'c.ock to remind all the faithful to pm;, for the success of Ule Ecua meDical COUDcD. .