See Judeo-Christian Heritage BATAVIA (NC) - The spirit pervading a hospital must be "intolerant of anything which is
opposed to life ... or anything which diminishes the quality of life," Archbishop Joseph L. Ber-
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Dominican Ma$ter General .VisitinSI in Fall River Very Rev. Aniceto Fernandez, O.P., Master General of the Dominican Order, has arrived from Rome in America to visit all the houses of the French-speaking province of the Order located in Canada and New England. This week, he is the guest of the Dominican Fathers and Brothers of Saint Anne Priory in Fall River. The occasion of this visit is the 100th anniversary of the establishment of the French Dominicans in North America. From Canada these Dominicans, the spiritual sons of Lacordaire, crossed the J\merican border in 1881 to take charge of an important French pllrish in Lewiston, Maine. From there, a few of the sons of Saint Dominic. came to Fall River in November of 1887, at the request of Bishop Harkins, to minister to the needs of a rapidly swelling population of French - Canadian immigrants making up Saint Anne parish. Under the pastoral care and leadership of the' Dominican Fathers, Saint Anne parish has grown, prospered and made its influence felt beyond its present bounda.ries by founding mission chapels (1889 and 1897) that were to become the parishes of Blessed Sacrament at the South end of Fall River and of Saint Jean Baptiste in the Maplewood district. The Dominican Fathers of Saint Anne also founded the parish of Saint Dominic in Swansea (1911).
FATHER FERNANDEZ, O.P. During his stay in Fall River, the Dominican Master General will meet the Fathers, and Brothers of Saint Anne priory and the Dominican Sisters of this city. He will also pay a visit to Bishop Cronin, under whose jurisdiction the Fathers of Saint Anne serve in the diocese. Father Fernandez will preside at a concelebrated Mass being offered this morning at 11 :30 in Saint Anne church. All the parishioners of Saint Anne, members of the Third Order of Saint Dominic and the friends of the Dominican Fathers are warmly invited to attend this Mass to welcome the distinguished visitor and have the opportunity to meet him after the service.
K of C Re-elects_ John McDevitt NEW YORK (NC)--John W. McDevitt, 67, was elected to an 11 th term as supreme knight of the Knights of Columbus at a meeting of the board of directors here. McDevitt is the 11th supreme knight in the 91··year history of the Catholic fraternal society. A native of Malden, Mass., McDevitt was su.perintendent of schools. in Waltham, Mass., be-
fore his election as deputy supreme knight of the Knights of Columbus in 1960. Bishop Charles P. Greco of Alexandria, La., was reelected supreme chaplain. The 21 directors also re-elect· ed for one-year terms the depl\ty supreme knight, supreme secretary, supreme treasurer, supreme advocate and supreme physician.
nardiq of Cincinnati at the dedication of a new Catholic-run hospital here in Ohio. * * *. The archbishop's talk was especially i,mportant during the mon~h of October, designated by the Bishops of the United States as "Respect for Life Month," It is the hospital that normally ushers in and protects innocent and dependent life; it is the hospital that quickly strengthens a threatened life; it is the hospital that illustrates the community's compassion for fading life; but it is also the hospital that can set the stage for a threat to life by abortion, carelessness and euthanasia.
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Archbishop Bernardin spoke of "the spirit which must always pervade this hospital if it is truly to accomplish its mission among the people of this area," "The spirit of which I speak .is one which springs quite naturally and necessarily from our Judeo-Christian heritage," he said. "It is a spirit which is based on a great reverence for the human person because he h'as
Senator Hatfield Says Spiritual Revival Needed IOWA CITY (NC)-0nly religious renaissance, repentence and spiritual revival can cure American society's crisis of purpose, Sen. Mark Hatfield (Rep. Ore.) told a city-wide ecumenical service. here. The two-term Oregon gover.nor, now serving his second term in the U. S. Senate, said here that the nation must realize, as President Lincoln- did 110 years ago, "that the beginning of purpose. is the recognition of the need for redeeming love .. of the need for confession and repentence," Hatfield, a prominent Baptist layman, spoke at the fifth annual Iowa City Ecumenical Celebration at the University of Iowa fieldhouse. He told a crowd . estimated at 4,500 people that there is a crisis of purpose which "tries the soul of the nation and tests the resilience of the republic," To face that crisis is "to come face to face with the reality of sin," The nation, Hatfield stated, cannnot continue to pretend "that 'God has somehow chosen and blessed America as He did ancient Israel." He criticized the myth of a "national, folk religion, devoid of civil religion and the God revealed in Scripture." The Ecumenical Celebration was sponsored by Ecumenical Consultation, as an interfaith group here, and 22 Protestant and Catholic churches in the Iowa City area.
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been created according to the image and likeness of God. "This. spirit prompts us to consider our fellow man as a person to be loved and helped," he added. "It makes no difference who this person is. Color or ethnic origin, affluence or the lack of it-such things are accidental and should in no way influence our love and respect for our neighbor and our desire to help him attain and enjoy the full potential of life God has given to him."
As a "yardstick" to measure this spirit, Archbishop Bernardin suggested the "imperatives of love" described by St. Paul in his first letter to the Corinthians: "Love is always patient and kind; it is never jealous; love is never boastful or conceited; it is never rude or selfish; it does not take offense and is not resentful. Love takes no pleasure in other people's sins but delights in the truth; it is always ready to excuse, to trust, to hope and to endure wbatever comes."
Two Bishops To Observe Golden Priestly Jubilees St. Mary's Cathedral, Fall River, will be the scene of a, unique celebration in the history of the American Church. A solemn concelebrated Mass will honor the retired Bishop of the Diocese and the Auxiliary Bishop both of whom celebrate their golden jubilee of ordination to "the priesthood. The entire diocese will illustrate its pride in the "100 Years of Service" provided it by Most Rev. James L. Connolly, D.D., D.Sc.H., Former Bishop of Fall River, and Most Rev. James J. Gerrard, D.D., Auxiliary Bishop and Vicar General of the Diocese of Fall River. The special concelebrated Mass, in which more than a dozen bishops will participate, will be offered at St. Mary's
Cathedral, Fall River, on Sunday, Oct. 21, at 12 noon. A banquet will follow at White's Family Restaurant in Westport. It was in 1923 that the two young priests were ordained in the . Cathedral in Fall River. Bi~hop Connolly was ordained a priest on December 21, 1923 by Bishop Daniel Feehan for service in the Archdiocese of St. Paul. Bishop Gerrard was ordained a priest seven months before on May 23, 1923, in the same church of the jubilee celebration. He also was ordained a priest by Most Rev. Daniel Feehan, Second Bishop of Fall River. The chief celebrant of the jubilee Mass will be His Em· inence, Humberto Cardinal Medeiros, Archbishop of Boston Turn to Page Two
Rev. Donald J. Bowen Joins St. James, Mission Society Most Rev. Daniel. A. Cronin, S.T.D., Bishop of Fall River, today announced that Rev. Donald J. Bowen, assistant pastor of St. John the Evangelist Parish, Attleboro, has been released from duty in the Diocese of Fall River to assume missionary duties with the St. James the Apostle Society in South America. The release was effective Tuesday, Oct. 9, and departure ceremonies will be held next Tuesday, Oct. 16 at the residence of His Eminence, Humberto Cardinal Medeiros, Archbishop of Boston. Father Bowen will report to the society's language school in Lima, Peru, on Nov. 5. Following four months of intensive study at the St. James Headquarters there, he will then be assigned missionary duties in Bolivia, Peru or Ecuador. Attending the departure Mass and breakfast will be Father Bowen's parents, his brother David from Dunedin, Florida, and his sister and brother-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas (Ellen) Killbridge. Four nephews will also take part. Rev. Donald J. Bowen, the son of Francis J. and Elizabeth (McNamara) Bowen, was born in Attleboro on July I, 1938. He attended the Willett School and Msgr. Coyle High School. He prepared for the priesthood at St. Thomas Seminary, Hartford, Conn.; St. Mary's Seminary, Bal-
timore, Md. and the Theological College of Catholic University in Washington, D. C. Most Rev. James L. Connolly ordained him a priest at St. Mary's Cathedral, Fall River, on May 30, 1964. He has served at St. Patrick Parish, Somerset; St. Mary Parish, Norton, and St. John the Evangelist" Parish, Attleboro. Father Bowen has also served as Director of the CYO in the Norton area and Director of the CCD for the Attleboro area. Rev. Ambrose E. Bowen, retired pastor of St. Joseph Parish in Taunton is an uncle of the new missionary.
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