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Fall River, Mass., Thursday, 'Nov. 5, 1970 Vol. 14, No. 45
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Monsignor Dupuis Pastor Emeritus .-
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The Most Reverend Bishop today announced his acceptance of the resignation of Rev. Msgr. Arthur G. Dupuis, as pastor of St. Louis de France Parish, Swansea, and his appointment as pastor emeritus of 'the same parish. Despite a remarkable recovery from a hel\rt attack, Monsignor Dupuis has been plagued with bad health in the past few years. Born in Fall River on January 30, 1907, the son of the late Hormidas' and the late MarieLouise Guevremont Dupuis, he attended Notre Dame School and B. Nt C. Durfee High School in Fall River.. He began his preparations 'for the priesthood in Canada while attending St. Charles Borromeo Continued from Page Two
Instruction on Liturgy Ends Experime.ntation ROME (NC)-The Holy See is trying to put the brakes on wayout liturgies and liturgical experimentation. A new instruction on the liturgy-called the Third Instruction on the Correct Application of the Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy - was prepared by the Congregation for Divine Worship for that purpose. Contents of the document, dated Sept. 5, were prematurely released in the Italian press Oct. 29. The congregation had intended to release the document Nov. 5. The net result of the instruction will be continued approval
Memorial Mass A concelebrated Mass of Requiem will be offered at St. Mary's' Cathedral on Tuesday morning, Nov. 10, a't 10 o'clock' for all the departed Bishops, Clergy and Religious of the Diocese of Fall River.
of customary guitar Masses and home Masses where the local bishop assents, but an absolute ban on liturgies that approach the bizarre. . . Only approved texts can be used in the' readings at Mass, experimentation with the liturgy is restricted and priests are permitted to wear only the customary vestments in the liturgy. A Vatican official said that the instruction became a necessity because experimentation in too many places was providing a liturgy that was "unrecognizable just plain and sometimes stupid." . At one point, almost as if to say that enough experimentation and adaptation has taken place, th~ instruction said: "Thus there is no need to resort to arbitrary adaptations, which would only weaken the impact of the liturgy." The new directive from the divine worsl:1ip congregation further says, that. Mass should be celebrated in a sacred place, prompting some press reports that this was meant as a ban on Turn to Page Two
Bishop Con,nolly and Bishop G,errard To b,e Co,nc,el,ebra,nts at Mass
• BOSTON (NC) - Dead from cancer after a 14-year struggle With the malignancy, Cardinal , Richard Cushing was praised by }jis successor as "a truly great soul, a man of universal genius." I Shortly after he left the 75year-old cardinal's bedside in the s'imple quarters he long occupied in the Boston chancery resi~ence, a saddened Archbishop Humberto S. Medeiros issued a s~atement on Monday afternoon rt,ourning his death. , i Only a month ago,' Cardinal q:ushing' ,had publi,cly thanked God for letting him live lorig ~nough to see his successor installed as Archbishop of Boston. I Archbishop Medeiros was prorhoted by Pope Paul VI from the little rural diocese , of Browns, ville, Texas, to the huge Boston ~rchdiocese on Sept. 7, at the ~ame' time that Cardinal Cushirg's requested retirement was ~ccepted by the Pontiff. The colorful installation was Oct. 7. I The cardinal died about 1:30 p.m. (EST), barely an hour after the chancery had issued a bulle~in saying he was in critical conditio", and rapidly 'failing. The thancery announcement said he ~as near death from complica~ions of "the 10ng~!3tl\nding mao Iignancywith which he has been afflicted, for years." ; A concelebrated Mass will be offered in Holy Cross Cathedral, Boston ,at 11 o'clock on Satur<Jay morning. Archbishop Luigi Raimondi, Apostolic Delegate to the United States, and Most Rev~ 'Humbeito S. Medeiros, Archbishop of Boston will be co· principal concelebrants. , Other concelebrants will be Turn to Page Four
,Boa rd Suggests Coyle' M'erger With Cassidy
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