CONSTRUCTION OF BEAUTIFUL NEW ST. MARY'S CHURCH IN MANSFIELD IS NOW UNDERWAY
Fall River High School
Drive Donation TotaI Reaches
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$503,600 As more than 2000 Memorial Gifts Committeemell started to visit the 30,000 contacts in th~ 36 participating parishes in the Greater Fall River Area, Memorial High School Drive headquarters announced that $503,600 had been pledged during the and thus a higher total in tw. Special Gifts phase of the phase is expected by the week Campaign. Atty. John T. end." Farrell, Sr., lay chairman of "The two final training ses
Fall River, Mass., Thursday, Oct. 17, 1963
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the Drive, announced the total of more than a half-million dollars and added, 'this total does not represent the full amount we are anticipating from this Special Gifts phase. More reports are ex ·pected during the next few days
Council Bishops Again Vote for Vernacular '.
The Fathers of the Se<::ond Vatican Council are moving ahead on authorizing the introduction of the vernacular language of the country -- into the Church's Liturgy or public worship. The Council on Tuesday voted to use the vernacular in the sacl'amanta with only the e sse n t i a I must be approveC;l formally by the Council and the Pope and phrase>! retained in Latin. implemented by national or re Like the previous Council gional meetings of bishops.
action in authorizing changes in the Mass and the use of the veJr Dacular in pal'ts of it, this vote was on amendments to the echema on the Liturgy, Later Oft the entit'e schema will be vote'd .... as a whole. Before these changes are iJ'" troduced into the actual cel4t bl'ation of Mass and administr.l tiOn. of the Sacraments, theF
, Reports Meeting The finA Reporis Medine of tile Memorial Gifts CommiUee will be held Tuesday Di~ht, , Oct. 22, at I o'clock in ihe Sa ered Head School Auditorium. Priests and committeemen from the 36 padicipatinc par. ishes in the area wiH attend this meetinc.
The only Sacrament that will nOt be affected by these most
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Chicago Cardinal Meyer Supports M01?,e ·for' College of Bishops
Their first flush o~ optimism has, however, somewhat cooled. No one expected this see The reason for this is a mount opposition to several key ond session of the....eouneil to ing issues of the draft. One of these barnstorm ita way through is the "College of Bishops" and the knotty question of the its relation to the throne of Peter. nature of the Church. A modern The second is the permanent Members of St. Luke~'s manifesto on the inner life of diaconate, Physicians' Guild of Fan the Catholic The pilot schema, keeping River will hold their eighth Church would step with modern theology, annual White Mass for phy not be written called upon the bishops to playa overnight. Peo .cians, dentists, nurses, drug greater role in the government gists and others engaged in tlil. ple e x p e c ted of the Church. Solicitude for all bealth field at 8 o'clock Oil problems. Many the churches, says the African Saturday morning, Oct 19 in St. of the Council cardinal, Laurian Rugambwa, Fathers we r e Anne's Hospital chapel. flows direcUy from episcopal Adopted by the 78 guilds of • u r p r i . ed, «,:,:, consecration. When individual eatholic physicians eomprising therefore, dur- ~\>. bishops become members of the ing their first ',>:' episcopal college they acquire the National Federation of Cath olic Physicians Guilds to honor week of work." some power over the Universal their patron, the May is cele to find that this Church, This power over the brated throughout the eount17 revised and de entire Church is exercised in et this time of the year. The cidedly progressive schema "on union with the Pope. feut of St. Luke is celebrated ill the nature of the Church" had On the other side of the debate been thumpingly approved (by a Is a hard core of bishops holding tile church's calendar on OeL 97% majority) ill it. general out for a strong central govern Turn to Twelve outline. ment"of the Church with /lole
Physicians Plan Annual White' Mass Oct. 19
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legislative and judicial power vested in' the Pope. This view would, of course, favor a pow erful Roman Curia, which is the Pope's administrative network. The Latin Patriarch of Jeru salem, Archbishop Alberto Gori, best expresses the fears of his eolleagues towards a revitalized College of Bish ops. The dan gers of this new role of the b ish 0 p s, the Archbishop says, are four: I-a break.up in unity be cause of mark ed trends to greater auton omy; 2-undue Cardinal Meyu subjection t 0 eivil authorities because of lack of protection on the local level; 3--ineffectiveness of 10 cal Tutn
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sions for the Memorial Gitt. committeemen were manifesta tions of the confidence of these self-sacrificing men that the Drive would reach unbelieveab1e heights in donations for th~ great educational cause." "To attempt ~ project and conjecture the total would not be fair at this point," a Chairman Farrell asserted. . Starting last night at 7 o'clock. when the official acceptance ot Memorial Gifts commenced, six telephones constantly rang until late in the night. Members ot the Diocesan Council of Catholic Women in the Fall River Area, under the direction of Mrs. Michael J. McMahon, district president, . have volunterred te serve in teams of six and maa the telephones during this im portant phase of the Drive. One member at headquarten stated: "A ringing telephone hu always b~en nerve-racking, but last night it was the greate.* qmphony ever heard."
Affords Faithful Chance to Back Mission Work Next Sunday is Missioft Sunday in the Diocese of Fall River - a day on which the faithful have the opportuni ty of expressing their than~ and appreciation for the labor of devoted religious throughout the world. Bishop Connolly has called upon his flock to support the work of men and women who have devoted their lives to"'the work of bringing the Word of God to all four eorners of the universe. The Most Reverend Bishop hal expressed his profound thanks for the generous assu.t Turn to Paee Twelve