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·,Fr.Luiz Mendonca, to Direct· Fall ,River, Parish
BISHOP NAMES EAST F,ALMOUTH ADMINI~TRATOR~ NEW ASSIGNMENTS FOR FOUR ASSISTANTS
lFR. LUIZ G. MENDONCA }<'all River Pastor
Most Rev. Bishop James L. Connolly, D.D., Bishop of the' Diocese of Fall River, announced to day'the ap pointment of a pastor, an' ad ministrator, the transfer of two assistants, and the assignment of two priests as curates. The Bishop also announced the appointment of· a new' dean. They are: .. Rev. Luiz G. Mendonca, pastor of St. Anthony Church, East Fal inouth, to St. Michael Church, Fall River, as pastor. Rev. George E. Amaral, as .sistant at Immaculate Concep tion Church, New Bedford, to' St. Anthony, Church, East Fal mouth, as administrator. The above appointments alt'e ef~ective Thursda'y, Nov. 3:
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,Rev, Robert F. Kirby, assistant at Our Lady of tpelsle Church, Nantucket, to. Hoi y G h 0 s t Church, Attleboro, as assistant. Rev. Edward J. Sharpe, as sistant at Holy Ghost Church, Attleboro to Our Lady of the Isle Church, Nantusket. The two aforementioned ap~ pointments are effective Wed-. nesday Nov. 2.
FR. GEORGE E. AMARAl, Falmouth Administrator
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Bishop's Charity BaUP~ans Move
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Clothing ,Drive for Needy' Takes.' Place Next Week 'l'he Annual Fall Clothing Drive conducted by American ~atholics to aid the needy of the world takes place in all
parishes of the Fall River Diocese next week, From Mon.,
Oct. 31 through Sat., Nov. 5. The appeal is f<;>r used but 11Isable clothes, with special OOlphasis upon blankets and ~Iothes for children and in~ts. As will be announced ift Churches on Sunday, parishioner's al'e to bring clothes into Uteil" own parish centers, tttroughout next week. There the dothes will be boxed and tied ""d properly marked and ready fi&r collection from the parishes ... Mon., ,Nov. 7. ·?be clothes will be picked liP -.d brought to ~entral collection ~Ints in the various. areas of tbe Diocese. From here it wiUl! t.e shipped through the' courtesy lIi Hemingway Transportation teompany to the depot on Long Island. Here it is processed and baled and shipped overseas within a very short period of time. It is most likely that some m the clothes will he on the backs of the needy overseas by '!'hanksgiving. Representatives of the National Catholic Welfare <Conference - Catholic Relief Services will see to it that the clothes are given to the needy without regard to race or creed and they will also be the guaran tee that none of it reaches "black markets." Diocesan Director and coord Dnator of this year's Appeal is mev. John F. Hogan, Catholic :Welfare Director of New Bed &ro>.!!.'l11.
' All collections from the parishes will be made on Monday, Nov. 'l.
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}<'R. DANIEL E. CAREY. V.F. Dean of Islands
Diocesan, Music Committee Sets Interim Directives For Use i'n Sacred Rites
fall Rivelf Mass.,,' Thursday, Oct. 27, 1966' ~heQdRapidly Vol. 10,
Rev. Americo DaSilva Mar tins, C.M., to the Immaculate Conception Churcp, New Bed ford; as asistant. Rev. Joachim Ferreira Fer nandes DaSilva, C.M., to Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Church, New Bedford as assistant. The effective date for the above two appointments is Tues day, Nov. 1. Very Rev. Daniel E. Carey, V.F., pastor of Our Lady of the Isle Church, Nantucket, as Dean of the Dukes. and Nantucket Deanery effective yesterday, Wednesday, Oct. 26. Father Mendonca The new pastor of St. Mi chael's Church, Fall River, suc ceeds the Most Rev. Humberto S. Medeiros, Bishop of the Turri to Page Two
At the organizational meeting of the 1967 Bishop's Charity Ball Committee,' Miss Margaret M. Lahey and Mr. Jehn E. Kane were selected as Co-Chairmen. Miss Lahey and Mr. Kane, representing the 'District Council o~ Catholic Women and Society of St, Vin cent de Paul respectively, will direct the entire production of the '67 Ball. The new Co-Chair men will serve in the capacity , formerly filled by the President of the D.C.C.W. and the Dioc esan President of the St. Vincent de Paul who now become "the Honorary Co-Chairmen of the annual charitable event. Turn to Page Eighteen
The Diocesan Commission on Sacred Music today is sued interium directives to pastors, organists, choir direc tors and all others who are involved in the musical programs throughout the Diocese. Members who serve on this com , mission under the chairmanship of Rev. James F. Lyons creases in holiness in the degl'ee are Rev. Joseph L. Powers, that it is intimately linked with liturgical action, winningly ex Rev. William G. Campbell, presses prayerfulness, promotes Rev. Paul G. Connolly, Rev. Al solidarity, and enriches sacred! bert F. Shovelton, and Rev. rites with heightened solemnity. Maurice Souza. The Church indeed approves of In addition to the six members all forms of true art, and admits of the clergy, three sisters and them into divine worship when two members of the laity also they show appropriate quali ties". (Constitution on the Sa serve. They are Sr. Stephen Helen, cred Liturgy Chapter VI) It is with these sentiments of S.U.S.C., Sr. Patricia Gertrude, S.N.D., . Sister Mary Eleanora. implementing the Decrees of the R.S.M., Mr. 'Norman Gingras and Council that the Diocesan Com mission on Sacred Music wishes Mrs. Edawrd Studley. to present to pastors, organists, The report is as follows: choir directors and all others in- / "Holy Scripture, indeed. has volved in the musical programs
bestowed pra~se upon' sacred in the parishes the' following
song . . . and the same may be recommendations and directives. said of the Fathers of the Church Article I. and of the Roman Pontiffs who In keeping with the spirit of in recent times, led by Saint the Papal docurilents on sacred Pius X, have explained more music we desire to encourage the precisely the ministerial func use ' of contemporary sacred tion supplied by sacred music in music as it does not offend in the service of the Lord. a secular, profane, or unbecom- . Therefore sacred music in- ing way the sanctity of the place Turn to Page Eleven
Given at Clergy Conference
Bishops ,O'Keefe And Sheen Head
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The priests of the Fan River Diocese met together in conference Tuesday to hear reports on various phases of education in the Diocese; It was' also annou;nced by Bishop James L. Connolly that the Priests' Senate would hold its first organizational meeting· , "WASHINGTON (NC) &It Monday morning,. Oct. 31, at 'Bishop Cas,sidy High, School, Taunton. The plans for the Pope Paul VI}:las made the meeting were outlined by t~ 'Most :Reverend 'Bishop and include the election of the following appointments in officers of the Senate. ' the 'hierarchy of the United States: \ FATHER O'NEILI~ FATHER POWERS MONSIGNOR HAMEL The Most Rev. James E . . A report on the activities A scholarly report on the Kearney, on his retirement as It was only six short years state of diocesan education bishop of Rochester, is trans ago that an all-day institute of the Christian Unity Com ferred to the titular see of as found in the parochial Tabaicara. of the priests of the Diocese mission showed it to be in the forefront of ecumenical and regional schools of the heard the Most Reverend The Most Rev. Ralph L. activity both in New' England Diocese was given and illustrated Hayes, "who has resigned as Bishop strongly urge the estab and even in the United States. by Rev. Patrick O'Neill, Ph.D., bishop of Davenport, is tranfer lishment ... a strong CCD organ ization in each parish. There The Diocese of Fall River is Superintendent of D i 0 c e san red to the titular see of Narag Schools. were then only five such active , one of, the !first to have pro gara. parishes; now the number is 70. duced guidelines for ecumenical Showing that up until the '60s The Most Rev. Fulton J. Sheen, activity. The national gUidelines the emphasis in education lay in auxiliary bishop to Francis Car Amid the progress in CCD ac produced by the Episcopal Com tivities in the Diocese is the es providing as many schools as dinal Spellman of New York, mission of the U.S. mentions only possible, Father O'Neill explain tablishment of a Diocesan Exec and national director of the So utive Board. This board groups five American dioceses with ed that now the emphasis lay ciety for the Propagation of the together Confraternity members guidelines-Fall River is one of more in curtailment and in Faith, is appointed bishop of 'who are experienced on parish them. stressing the quality of education Rochester. levels. In the past ,~hey have and keeping it in proportion to The holding of monthly meet The Most Rev. Gerald F. provided wee ken d institutes ings, with the aid of non-Cath our resources, O'Keefe, auxiliary bishop t® Turn to Page Two Turn to Page Eighteen Turn to Page Ten Turn to Page Ten
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