---Pope John Honors Four Diocesan. Paston---
ELEVATES FOUR NIW MONSIGNORI Bishop Announces Domestic Prelates
RT. REV. L. J. DALEY路
RT. REV. E. S. deMELLO
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RT. REV. W. 11, HARRINGT.oN
RT:REV.F.~ ~KEON
.1Vfost Rev. James L.' Connolly, Bishop of Fan River, announced tod'ay tOOt Pope Job... has elevated four diocesan pastors to the rank of domestic prelate with the title of Right Reverend Monsignor, increasing to eight the number 6f priests who have been honoted by this Supreme Pontilfof the Catholic Church.. The four honored priestfis anw Rt. Rev. Emmanuel S. de. . A date fur the investiture Msgr. deMello, who was born. Mello, pastor of Our Lady of ceremony wit.l be amwunced in Mattapoisett on,Aug. 16, 1878, . Lourdes Church, Taunton. later. is the son of the late Domingo Rt. Rev. Francis E. McKeon, Representing 177 years of ser- S. and the IQ-te Maria T. de-pastor of Sacred Heart Church, Taunton. . Rt. Rev. Leonard J. Daley, pastor of St. Francis Xavier Church, Hyannis. Rt. Rev. William H. Harrington, pastor of Holy Name Church, Fall River.
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Fall River, Mass., Thursday, Nov. 2, 1961
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Bedford Church Dedication Nov. 12
Most Rev. James L. Connolly, Bishop of Fall River,
will dedicate the new. St. Hedwig's Church on Division
Street in New Bedford at 3 Sunday afternoon, Nov. 12. The Diocesan Ordinary will then celebrate the first Mass in the new edifice. Very Rev. George Roskwitalski, O.F.M., sermon at the dedication Mass. Conv. S.T.D., of Elmhurst, Father Roskwitalski is provinNew York, will preach the cial of St. Anthony of Padua
Bishop Connolly will preside at a solemn high Mass at 5 this Sunday afternoon at Sacred Heart Church, North Attleboro. It will mark the 60th anniversary of St. Jean Baptiste Soc i e t y, Duvernay C::ouncil 42. The council was 'instrumental In the establishment of Sacred Heart parish and will center its observance there. A banquet ia the parish hall will follow Mass with the Bishop as guest of honor. J. Henri Goguen, president general of St. Jean Society, will speak and Rev. Edmond L. J)ickinson will be toastmaster. TurD &0 Page Eightee.. .
Mello. He attended Montl'eal Coll~ in Canada, College of Notre Dame des Neiges, Azores and the Seminary of Angra in Teroeira, Azores. The new domestic prelate w-aa ordained Oft Aug. 15, 1908 iD TurD to Page Sixteen
Pope .Marks Twin Anniversaries
Pontiff Grateful for Greetings
$4.00 pet Yoar
New
Duvernay Council Marks 60th Year
viee to the diocese, the four ,pastors have seen tremendous growth of the Catholic Church in. . all parts of the Fall River See. All four new prelates were ordained to'the holy: priesthood by Most Rev. Daniel F. Feehan, second Bishop of 'the Diooose of F-alJ. R i v e r . '
Province of the Franciscan Fathers Minor Conventual. Rev.
Adolph Szelagowski, Conv., assistant to the pastor at the South End parish in New Bedford will direct the choir in special 'music for the solemn blessing. O.~.M.,
Rev. Emil Tokarz, O.F.M., Conv., pastor, has announced pledges for memorials, gifts and donations total $86,300 to date. Father Tokarz is honorary chairman of the fund raising committee for the new church which will seat 400. Construction began last April. St. Hedwig's parish was originally a mission of Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church. In 1908, Bishop Feehan raised it to the status of a parish with a l'e~ident pastor. '
VATICAN CITY (NC) His Holiness Pope John XXIII has told the world he is grateful for the honor
as a warning and as guidance for a well ordered and ft'uitful Christian life." The Pope, chan~ng etll'ller
Pontific~1
plans, has decided to celebrate Mass on Friday, Nov. 3 in St. Peter's basilica, in the presence TUM 'to Page Nineteen
paid him on the twin occasion of his birthday and his' coronation anniversary. "We hear it said that for the fourth of November, celebrations are being prepared for the , Most Rev. James L. Connolly, D.D., Bishop of Fall River, third anniversary of Our elec- wiJ1 celebrate a. Solemn Pontifical Mass of Requiem tion and the completion of the 80th year of Our life," Pope ~omorrow morning at 10 o'clock in St. Mary's Cathedral John said in a radio broadcast. for the repose of the soul of Miss Isabel H. Dearden, "You can wei! understand that secretary to the Bishop. this moves Us to joy' and Miss Dearden was also secrefatherly gratitude." tary to the late Most Rev. HIs 10-minute talk over Vatican Radio was in ItaHan. Trans- James E. Cassidy and held lations were broadcast in Pol- the position during the chancelish, French, English and Span- lorship of Most Rev. James J. Gerrard, Auxiliary Bishop.of the ish. Diocese of Fall River. His birthday Nov. 25 wiil be For her ;10 years' service to the celebrated Saturday, Nov. 4, the Diocese, Miss J;>earden was recannivet:sary of his coronation. ognized last Thursday by Pope Discussing his election to the John XXIII with the bestowal papacy on Oct: 28, 1958, the of' the award Pro Ecciesia et Holy Father declared, "What Pontifice. Bishop Connolly made happened on that evening is a 'the presentation at a private mystery of the goodness and ceremony. mercy of God." Born in Fall River, a daughter "May God be praised and of the late Walter and Margaret may Our thankS go to you also, (O'Brien) Dearden, she was a communicant of St. Louis' Our brothers and dear children, both to those who are close to Church and' a member' of the Us and those who are路 far away, Catholic Woman's Club, Medical of every language, race and na- Mission, and Friends of the Rose Hawthorne Home in Fall River. tion."路 She is' survived by an aunt, . P.ope 'John asked Catholics to '[urn ~ P~e Three HISS ISAIJEL II. DEABDU heal" his repeated pleas "raiseci
Requiem Mass
For Isabel H. Dearden