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The ANCHOR Fall River, Mass., Thursday, Oct. 28, 1965
Bishop Connolly Makes ·ClerQV Appointments The Most Rev. James L. Connolly, D.D., Bishop of the .Diocese of Fall River, a~nounced today the transfer of three assistants and the appointments of three priests to - Youth work in the Diocese. Rev. Francis M. Coady, assistant· at St. Joan of Arc Church, . Orleans for the past seven of the CYO and CYAO for the .years, has .beell transferred See city, succeeding Rev. Walter A. Sullivan, who is continuing as ·to Our Lady of Victory Diocesan CYO Director and .Church, Centerville, as assistant. Rev. Bernard F. Sullivan, assistant at St. Mary Church, Norton, will serve as assistant at St. Patrick Church, Somerset. Rev. Donald J. Bowen, assist.ant at St. Patrick Church, Somerset, has been transferred to St. Mary Church, Norton, as assist.ant. Rev. Paul F. McCarrick, assistant at St. Mary's Cathedral, . Fall River, will become Director o
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Director of Cathedral' Camp, 'East Freetown.' Rev. Roger D. LeDuc, assist-
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Roman Experiences Breathe New Meaning into Freedom BY MSGR. HUMBERTO S. MEDEIROS Diocesan Chancellor - Council Peritus
Three incidents in my life yesterday brought home to me dramatically what has been called the "thorny" problem of religious freedom. Bishop Gerrard and I attended the solemn ceremony of beatification of Blessed Jacques Berthieu, S.J., a missionary said in clear. and unmistakable priest who was shot down terms, "it is reaffirmed that the for the faith in Madagascar true religion, the one willed by on June 8, 1896. Before or God, is the only one; it is the dering his execution, one of the chiefs of the Menalamba told Father Berthieu: "R e n 0 un c e your vile religion and stop mis leading the people; we will take you and make you our chief and counsellor and won't kill you." Father Berthieu's last words were these, "I can never
agree to that, my son: I prefer to die." We left sT. Peter's' Basilica at noon, as the Holy Father ap peared at a window of his apart ment to pray with the people gathered by the thousands in the Square below and to bless them. Pope Paul VI spoke first of'the approval given by the Council to the Declaration on the Church's relationship to non Christian religions. "In it," he
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Then he prayed with the peo ple for all non-Christions, espe cially the ·Hebrews with whom we have a spiritual relationship, and also for Moslems. We left our place in St. Peter's Square to look for a taxi to take us to the hotel. As I scurried about for one, Bishop Gerrard )'\Tas held up by a group of pil grims who wanted his blessing. Turn to Page Seventeen
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of Bishop Connolly will be ac comodated temporarily in a $200,000 addition to the fonner St. William's Church, Fall River, pending completion of the new B~shop Connolly' educational facility. Registration for the new school that will be staffed by the Jesu its of the New England Province wi,ll start Saturday Jan. 15, ·1966. . Rt. Rev. Msgr. Raymond T. Considine, pastor of St. William's Church and acting Vicar Gen eral, has announced that a sec ond floor is being added to the parish building, the for mer church, at the corner of Chicago St. and Stafford Road, Fall Ri ver. Seven classrooms will be available on this upper level. The ground floor will continue to be used as the parish audi torium. It also has a kitchen. Two new entrances at street level are being installed. Brick facing is being placed around' the exterior of the structure. Msgr. Considine said the par ish buildiflg program had been: scheduled before Most Rev. Bishop James L. Connolly began looking for temporary class room space for the new high school. "It was something we planned to do anyway and had already started," Msgr. Considine said. Because of the high school problem, Msgr. Considine of fered to push a crash program that would enable St. William'a ';l'urn to Page Five
Pope Proclaims Five Decrees Today A clear view of the pf'oo. ducts and by-products of the Vatican Council is available this week in that Pope Paul . today officially proclaims five decrees and the Bishops get down to preparing further de crees and making adaptations in other fields. Today, Pope Paul, as the Su preme Shepherd and Eldest Brother of the Bishops, accepted the final votes of his fellow bishops on five decrees or doe uments and gave them his offi cial approval, thus making them binding on the whole Catholic world. During the week, however, the Bishops in council expressed their opinions and decisions in Turn to Page Twenty
Diocesan Clothing Appeal' World Under-Privileged Look to More Fortunate for Cast-offs To Keep Warm; Collection. Will Start Next Sunday •
"Our Diocese has done a splendid job down through the years and I am certain it 'will respond as generously again this year." Rev. Francis A. McCarthy said today as he announced the annual Thanksgiving Clothing Appeal will start on Sunday next, Oct. 31. The diocesan clothing appeal director, who is also pastor of St. Patrick's parish in Somer set, noted that U.S. dioceses have been assigned different weeks because of the vastness of the project and the way it haa grown in this Ml1ntry
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Carthy, "is on blankets, remnants, men's cloth ing, work shoes and Clothing for infants and small children." The need is as great as ever, the diocesan director asserted as he urged the cooperation of all in the program which helps to clothe the under-privileged in all parts of the world. "Look over your wardrobe, and, whatever you can spare or discard, we will gladly accept if it will provide warmth for someone DOt . . fpri l 'Pat.e" Iaa aai.cL