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Diocesan Educators To Run VVorkshops Faculty members of two diocesan schools will conduct workshops Saturday at the annual Fall conclave of the New England unit of the National Catholic Education Association. They are Sister Theresa Fortin, C.S~C. and her' staff, from St. Anne's Alternate School, New Bedford; and Sister Marie Therese Antone, R.S.M. and her staff from Bishop Feehan High School, Attleboro. Sister Theresa's topic will be· "The Alternate School: A Working Plan (K-8)" and Sister Marie Theres'e will discuss "The Catholic High School: Christian Community of Learning." Assisting in planning for the program, to be held at St. Mary's Central Catholic High School, Milford, Mass., have been Sister Ma,rion C. Geddes, Assistant Superintendent of the Fall River Diocesan School System, and Rev. Brian Harrington, both members of the executive commi~ee of the New England unit. Other workshops to be offered all feature innovations which have met with success in New England Ca,tholic schools. Keynote speaker ,'for the oneday program will be'Rev. Andrew Greeley, Director o'f, the Center of Ethnic Groups aCthe National Opinion Research Center at Chicago University, a~~ Professor
Priests' Se'nates Meet in Maine Spiritual renewal' of priests and emphasis on continuing education were stressed at the Sixth Annual New England Conference of Priests' Senates held in Augusta, Me., from Sunday to Tuesday. Eleven bishops joined the 55 delegate-priests and 20 guests and observers at the Maine meeting. The Fall R,iver Diocese was represented by Most Rev. Daniel A. Cronin, S.T.D., Bishop of Fall River; Very Rev. Thomas J. Harrington, Diocesan Chancellor, and members of the Fall River Priests' Senate. The voting delegate-members of the Fall River Priests' Senate were Rev. George W. Coieman, Rev. Thop1as C. Lopes, Rev. Edward C. Duffy, Rev. Joseph L. Powers, Rev. Robert Brennan, C.S.C. In bringing the conference up Turn to Page Six
of Higher Education oaf the Uni: versity of Illinois. Father Greeley will explore the - needs for a Catholic philosophy of education for the 70's. The theme of the convention, "Catholic Education -So What?", will study innova-. tions.as means to foster a futureoriented Catholic education phil.osophy in New England Schools for the current critical decade. The workshop sessions will be followed by a liturgical service. The Most Reverend Bernard J. Flanagan, D.D.,. Bishop . of Worcester, and the Most Reverend Ernest J. Primeau, D.D., Bishop of Manchester, will concelebrate Mass.
Name Mass. Nun As F.M.M. Head The General Chapter. of the Franciscan Missionaries of Mary, presently meeting in Grottaferrata near Rome, has elected Sister Alma Dufault of Wakefield, Mass. as seventh Superior General of the Institute. Born on Aug. 25, 1924 in Franklin, N. H., Sister Alma graduated from Emmanuel College in 1946,and entered the North Amercian novitiate of the Franciscan Missionaries of Mary the same year. She later received a Master's degree in Social Work from Fordham University in 1952. During the General Chapters of 1960 and 1966, Sister Alma was elected to serve on the General Council in ,the capacity of Assistant General. Prior to her departure for the Generalate, she had been actively engaged in social work in the Archdiocese of New York and later as Novice Directress for the North American Novitiate. As she takes up her duties as Superior General, the Institute counts among its 10,139 members women from 67 countries. The work of the General Chapter during the coming months will be to revise the rule of life and to redefine the objectives of the community according to the needs which present themselves in the Church and in the world today. The Franciscan Missionaries of Mary arl;! located at 621 Second Street in Fall River. They teach in Espiri-to Santo School and conduct religion classes in seven parishes in Fall River.
Document on Doctrine PHILADELPHIA (NC}-A document detailing basic doctrines that must be included in religious education programs has been revised under Vatican supervision and will be presented to the U. S. bishops in November. That announcement was made here by Auxiliary Bishop John J. Graham, a member of the committee whkh drafted the document. Bishop Graham told a religious education congress that the document has been revised under the direction of the Vatican's Clergy Congregation and will be submitted to the bishops' Fall meeting in Washington under the title, Basic Teachings for Catholic Religious Education. Earlier drafts of the document had beE!ll called Fundamentals of Religious Education and Basic Doctrines of Religious Education. While much consultation with religious educators and parents' groups had ,been involved in the preparation of the document, Bishop Graham stated, "the ultimate responsibility" for the doc-
trinal content of religious education "rests with the bishops in communion with the Pope." "n is my fervent prayer," Bishop Graham told the congress participants, "that each one of us who shares the responsibility of religious education teach Christ's revelation and His message and not _the theology of any man, no matter how brilliant he may be." "Christ will one day ask," he said, "how we taught those He redeemed with His blood." "What really matters," he concluded, "is to accept the Church as Christ founded it and to recognize that there is a difference between the changeless deposit of faith and changing methods in its presentation." In his keynote address to the assembly, Father William Tobin, formnr~v assistant director of the National Office of Religious Education in Washington, stated that the Vatican',s General Catechetical Directory is not a universal catechism but· an adaptable plan to be implemented in religious education on
the national and local levels under the direction of the bishops. The document is designed as an orientation and as a guide, not a set of binding rules. Father Tobin noted, however, that the section of the General Catechetical Directory which includes doctrinal principles is to be held by all, while those sections dealing with sociology and methodology are intended as ,suggestive of possible approaches, not as normative. Referring to what he called the "perhaps overpublicized addendum" ,to the General Catechetical Directory which' calls for adherence to the traditional practice of providing children with the opportunity of making their confession before receiving their first Holy Communion, Father,Tobin said that ,the section favors experimentation in this area under the direction of the bishops' conference. This, he said, is in accord with an exhortation by the Second Vatican Council to find new and more per,tinent forms of penitential expression.
Mt. Carmel Parish in Seekonk To Celebrate Golden Jubilee A Mass concelebrated by the Most Reverend Bishop and present .and past pastors and curates of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel parish, Seekonk. will highlight the 50th anniversary of' the parish. The Mass, at 2 Sunday afternoon, wiU be f.ollowed by a reception at which parishioners will meet Bishop Cronin. The observance caps a remarkable half' century of growth, which has seen Our Lady of Mt. Carmel increase in numbers from 'a scattered congregation of farmers to its present census of 5000 souls. In only the past 10 . years, the number of parish families has jumped from 650 to 1400., Our Lady of Mt. The beginnings of the parish are somewhat hazy, but for years before its forma.] estab- a short -time, in. 'addition to carlishment it was a mission ing for his own parish of St. served by churches in Taunton Mary's HebronviHe. He was foland Attleboro. In 1922 it was lowed by Rev. Daniel E. Carey canonically erected as a parish, for a six month period. Father Carey's pastorate was with Rev. William McNamara as short but very active. He reorpastor. Father McNamara was not able to find a lodging within the parish for use as a rectory, and it was not until his successor, Rev. Charles R. Smith, was apMIAMI BEACH (NC}-While pointed pastor that a house was purchased, some two miles from government programs are well the church. This served as the intentioned and well adminisrectory until 1968, when a house tered, they are not the final annear the church became avail- . swer in the war on poverty, the able, and at last parish faei-Iities national president of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul said here. were centralized. "The component needed is the In 1932 Father Smith left Seekonk for another assignment. human lubricant of personal ser· He was succeeded by Rev. James vice," T. Raber Taylor said in E. O'Reilly, who served the par- an interview foLlowing his adish until 1959, aided by priests dress at the 58th annual meeting from the nearby Shrine· of Our of the Society here. "Much good came from the Lady of La Salette. Following Father O'Reilly'~ pastorate, Rev. war on poverty, but no victory," Cornelius J. Keliher took over he added. "We will always have administration of the parish for the poor with us and we will al-
Carmel, Seekonk ganized the parish CCD program, increased the Sunday Mass schedule and originated Carmel Night, which has become an oustanding annual parish social activity. . Turn to Page Six
St. Vincent de Paul Society Stresses Personal Contact ways need groups like the Vincentians to serve them." "People will always need people more than they need dollars," Tay/lor said. "We're just the foot soldiers," he said. "We don't tell the poor tp come to us. We go to them. When many people think of the Society they think of the stores we maintain in many areas of the country. But this is just one aspect of our work. Our main job is to go out to people in need." Last year, Vincentians made Turn to Page Five