Fall River Boys' High School Drive Total Passes $1.25-Million Mark
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Zealous Parish Workers Begin Final Phase of Building Fund Campaign More, than 1800 Catholic men, dedicated to Bishop Connolly's Diocesan secondary school expansion program, will participate in the solemn opening of the house-to-house solicitation phase of the fund raising drive to build a multi-million dollar Catholic Memorial High School for Boys in Fall River. As this General Phase opens, contributions amounting to $1,258,000 Auxiliary Bishop of the have been received in Special D.D. Diocese, will also be present on and Memorial gifts. Returns the stage together with the four from these categories are monsignori of the campaign area. coming into headquarters daily and will continue during the General Phase. Hundreds of committeemen will gather at the D u r fee Theatre, Fall River, at 8 o'clock tonight to hear the Rev. Michael J. Pierce, S.J. of the Jesuit Scholastic Guild, Boston. Father Pierce will be accompanied by Rev. Peter J. McKone, S.J. vice-provincial of the New England Province of the Society of Jesus, who is now acting provincial during Very Rev. John V. O'Connor's provincial visitation to Bagdad. Rev. Francis X. Miller, S.J., pro, vincial procurator, will also be present. Bishop Connolly, honorary chairman of the campaign, will also address the gathering. Most Rev. James '3., Gerrard,
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Fall River, Mass., 1rhursday, Nov. 7, 1963 Vol. 7, No. 46 Š
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Diocese a:nd Curia Ties" Unde~r Study By Rev. Jrohn R. FoIster st. Anthony of Padua - New Bedford
In their 60th General Meeting the Vatican Councll's assembled Bishops tackled a new schema. They had closed debate on "Holiness in the Church" and awaited the draft eoncerning Our Lady which they had earlier voted to debate within the discussions on the that faculties, up until Church. Now and then dUll'- ,tions now reserved to the Holy See mg the discussions, time out and granted through the Congrewould be taken to review ad- gations, be directly delegated to justments suggested in amendment form concerning the Liturgy whose ~hema is nearly ready for the HoI y Father's approval and promulgation. The new schema up for discussion was ealled "Bishops and the Government of Dioceses." Its first chapter deals with the relations of individwl1 bishops with the Roman Congrl~Â lations of the Curia. The Chapter is divided in1to bee parts: (1) recommeinda-
Growing Interest More and more shut-ins are enjoying the weekly television Mass on WTEV (Channel 6), Rev. John F. Hogan, New Bedford and Cape Cod Catholic Charities Director reported today. Those people who are confined to their homes and are anable to get to their churches on Sunday are 'more than pleased with this latest diocesan undertaking, said Fr. Hogan who is in charge of the television Mass program. "It is a great spiritual comfort to be able to offer their swEferings alon~ with the Mass," Fr. Bogan said.
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the Bishops;, (2) review of the practices of the Congregations in their work 'with the world's bishops; (3) a suggestion that 'bishops representing national hierarchies be named by the Pope as members or consultors of the Roman Congregations. 'Other subjects to be treated in this schema are: relations b~ tween Bishops and Exempt Reli. gious Orders, the role of the Holy Office, the granting of legislative power to national episcopal conferences, etc. It was a general feeling among the Fathers that although the freedom of .expression for the 'bishops had to be guaranteed, something had to be done to speed up the debates. Cardinal Doepfner, one of the Moderators (Directors) asked that those Fathers who thought they had to speak - especially those speaking on matters concerning which the Fathers had closed debate-be brief and to the point. Time limit for speeches was reduced to 8 minutes per Father. The Moderators would stop (and did) the Fathers if they were repetitious. Something new was introduced when the Moderators asked the Fathers to ,vote concerning what they thought of matters coming up for discussion. This was a guide-vote which would afford the Fathers a knowledge of the maj ority feeling and also to serve as a guide to the Theological Commissi'ln in its preparations of the matter for future diSCUSSions. The Fathers showed that they thought (1) that Episcopal Consecration was the highest grade of the Sacrament of Orders; (2) that a ,bishop in union with all the bishtlps and Pope, thus belongs to the college of bishops; Turn to Page Six
They will be: Rt. Rev. Alfred Bonneau, Notre Dame; Rt. Rev. William Harrington, Holy Name Rt. Rev. Raymond T. Considine, St. William's and Propagation of the Faith Director; and Rt. Rev. Henri A. Hamel, St. Jean the Baptiste. The lay chairmen from the 36 parishes have also been invited by Bishop Connolly to occupy places of honor with Atty John T. Farrell Sr., general chairman, and the priest moderators of the campaign. Pre - meeting entertainment will consist of a organ recital by Mr. Wilfrid Belisle and Mr. Normand Boule will open the evening's program singing the Star Spangled Banner. During the program, the Bish. op Feehan High School Glee Club of Attleboro will offer a few vocal selections.
Suggests White Christians Join Negro Protest Move MENLO PARK (NC) - Thomas Merton said here that unless white Christians join the Negro protest movement it may lose its non-violent Christian quality and become a "violent and chaotic fight for power." The Negro, he says does not want to man must do his share or the become a white man, but Negro's effort will have no fruit. wants to be recognized as a ''The sin of the white man t. brother and to have the to be expiated, through a gen-
Holy Father Is Grateful For Charity Pope Paul VI today expressed his personal thanks to Bishop Connolly for the kind response of his faithful for the August Peter's Pence collection. The Holy Father's expre s s ion was conveyed to the Ordinary by Amleto G. Cardinal Cicognani, Papal Secretary of S ta t e who served as Apostolic Delegate in the nation's capital in, Washington for 25 years before he jNined the Roman Curia. Cardinal Cicognani sent the following message to Bishop Connolly: With, paternal and appreciative greatification has the Holy Father received the offering which Your Excellency has transmitted as Peter's PeW'A Turn to Page Seventeen
white man join him in washing away the sin of past injustices and cruelties. Merton, a renowned al,lthor who is Father Louis, a Trappist monk of Gethsemani (Ky.) Abbey, writes his comments in the current (Christmas) issue of Ramparts, a Catholic journal published five times a year here. The Merton article is entitled "Letters to a White Liberal." It appears in an issue devoted to racial matters and dedicated to the four children murdered in a Birmingham church bombing who, the magazine said, "perished while in the presence of God." Merton reads the Christian message of nonviolent Negro protest movement this way: "In simple and Christian terms, I would say that the message is this: white society has sinned in many ways. It has betrayed Christ by its injustice to races it considered 'inferior' and to countries which it colonized. "In particular it has sinned against Christ in its lamentable injustices and cruelties to the Negro. The time has come when both white and Negro have been granted, by God, a unique and momentous opportunity. "We have this opportunity because the Negro has taken the steps which made it possible. He has refused to accept the ineq. uity and injustice of white discrimination * * * But this is only the begillning. N-ow Ule white
uine response to the redemptive love of the Negro for him. The Negro is ready to suffer, if necessary to die, if this will make the white man understand his sin, repent of it and atone for it." Atonement, he said, must con. sist of "a complete reform" of the social system which permits injustice and Negro leadership of "this ~ork of reorganization."
Thank You Rev. Francis A. McCarthy, pastor of St. Patrick's Church, Somerset, and Diocesan Director for the Clothing Drive, announced this morning t hat the solicitation of the people of the Diocese for the unfortunates in the impoverished regions of the world. was once again exemplified in an overwhelming manner by the clothing contributions to this annual appeal. Father McCarthy, in speaking to The Anchor 'reporter of the generosity of the people ,of the area 'said: "May Gi>d continue to bless abundantly all for their sharing of their abundance."