The- Committed Prayer of The Struggling Church on earth The Jubilant Church in heaven (Nov. 1, All Saints) • purgatory The Expectant Church In
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Weekend1s Expression Of Faith In ll IICommunion of Saints
Detroit: Crowded Schedule vs Idealism ship of John Cardinal Dearden By Rev. Peter N. Graziano from Thursday, Oct. 21 through Bicentennial Coordinator At the call of the American ...saturday, Oct. 23. The official voting delegates bishops through their Committee for the Bicentennial, the first numbered 1340 from 152 dimajor and therefore historic na- oceses and 92 Catholic organtional Conference of Catholic izations. The diocese of Fall clergy, religious and laity met River was represented by a in Detroit under the chairman- group of eight clergy, 'religious
Cathedral Rite to Climax Month1s Pro-Life Effort Diocesan observance of Respect Life month will climax at 11 a.m. Sunday when Bishop Daniel A. Cronin is principal celebrant of a Mass for Life at St. Mary's Cathedral, to which all members of the diocese and in particular workers in pro-life groups are invited.
The 8:45 a.m. Channel Six television Mass on Sunday will also have a pro-life theme and will be celebrated by Rev. Thomas L. Rita, diocesan prolife coordinator. At all Masses in the diocese this weekend those in attenTurn to Page Thirteen
Urges Careful Preparation For Revised Penance Rite In a special letter to the priests of the Diocese of Fall River, Most Rev. Daniel A. Cronin, S.T.D., has given careful pastoral direction concerning the revision of the Sacrament of Penance. After outlining the many practical steps already taken by the
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Diocese of Fall River to acquaint all priests with the revision, the Bishop repeated the announcement that "the revised Rite of Penance will be implemented in our: parishes on the First Sunday of Advent next month. It will become mandatory throughout Turn to Page Thirteen
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Vol. 20, No. 44, Oct. 28, 1976 Price 15c $5.00 per year and laity, chosen by Bishop Cronin. The purpose of the conference, entitled "A Call to Action," was to discuss topics of national concern in the area of social justice and then pass on this input to the bishops for consideration at their national meeting in May, 1977. . The bishops wished to hear what the people had to say. The conference was their planned vehicle. It was hoped that through the conference the hierarchy would be able to listen so that they might better serve. The conference, therefore, gave the bishops an opportunity to listen to some of their people. Personally, I believe that a number of the resolutions were idealistically and unrealistically conceived and written and were therefore quite naive. However, it would go the conference an injustice to place an undue em-
phasis on these weak yet newsworthy instances, and to overlook some stimulating insights into other areas of concern. The documents passed at the conference contain much that is worthy regarding the dignity of men and women in all aspects of society. I was concerned about the
composition of the conference, however, and question whether It was representative of the average American Catholic. I also believe that a more concise agenda with more time for indepth debate could also have obviated the sad situation in Turn to Page Three
Discuss Special Ministry To Separated-Divorced Ministry to separated or divorced persons will be the topic of a program to be offered from 7:30 to 9:39 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 16 at Bishop Connolly High School auditorium, Elsbree St., Fall River. Open to the public at no admission charge, the program
will be sponsored by the diocesan office of adult education, in cooperation with the diocesan marriage court and Catholic Counselling S~rvices. Rev. Dennis J. Burns of the Boston marriage court will discuss church law with regard to Turn to Page Thirteen
Diocesan Leader~ Participate In National Conferences Priests of the Fall River diocese have participated in five major meetings in recent days: the U. S. bishops' bicentennial conference, "A Call to Action," held last week in Detroit (see story on this page); the annual meeting of the Chief Administrators of Catholic Education
(CACE), which took place in St. Petersburg, Fla.; the Eastern Regional Conference of the Charismatic Renewal, held this last weekend in Atlantic City; a Fiscal Management Conference for Diocesan Officials, in Boston; and the national convention of Turn to Page Eleven
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Woman Of the Year
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Christ Is in Agony Till the End of Time
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