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River, Mass. Thursday; Nov. 12" 1959 8econd Clan Mail Privilell'ea PRICE IOc Vol. 3, No. 46 Authorized at Fall River. Man. $4.00 per Year
Feehan 'Drive Starts Door-to-Door Phase , Monday evening saw 1000 men gather at St. Mary's Ch'urch in North Attleboro for the solemn opening of the General Phase of the Greater Attlebo'ro $1,225,000 DrrVe for the Bishop, Feehan Regional High School. The Special Gifts and Memorial Gifts ticipating in the Driye heard Phases of the Drive have al- ,talks by' the Most Reverend ready netted over half a Bishop, Rt. Rev. J.ohn J. Shay, million dollars. Now it re- and the keynote address given mains for this final stage of the -by ,Very Rev. Robert J. Slavin, Drive to bring in the $700,000 O.P., president of Providence that is needed to reach the College. Father Slavin pointed out that minimum goal of the' drive. The collectors from the 12 the '!aims of Catholic education Greater Attleboro parishes par- support true democracy'" and , Turn to Page Eighteen , Turn to Page Eighteen
Over 200 Bishdps to ,Attend National'Shrine~ Dedi~ation
; WASHINGTON路 (NC) - Cardinals from Mexico and ChIna, ai:; well as bishops from Canada, Mexico, Ireland, Lithuania and the Bahama Islands, will join more than 200 U. 'S. bishops at the dedication o{the great i.lpperchlirch LAY CORNERSTONE AT BISHOP STANG HIGH SCHOOL: Bishop Connolly preof ,the National Shrine of ' Th~y will 'b~ j-Oi~ed b~ the pares the cornerstone for .its immemorial setting at the First Regional High School in the the, Immaculate Con~eption four American cardinals and by. Diocese. Left to ri~ht, Joseph Tomlinson; Lawrence lIughes, G~orge Swansea" Rt. Rev. here in the nation's capital leaders in \,government, top-Hugh A. G~llagher, Moderator of the Fund Raising Campaign and Bishop Connolly. on Fdday, Nov. 20. ranking ,representatives of in-', - His Eminence Jose Cardinal 'dustry and labor', heads of reliGaribi y' Rivera, Archbishop of gious orders and congregations, ~uadalajara, Mexico, and His educators, professional men and Eminence Tfiomas Cardinal Tien, women, and hundreds of. priests, ~xiled Archbishop' of Peking, ,Brothers and Sisters. China, will attend the cere-' , It will be one of the largest monies." ' Turn to Page Sixteeu" Most Rev. James L. Connolly, D.D., Bishop ofFalI' River, officially dedicated the new Say~ Bishop Stang Regiorial High School in No. Dartmouth yesterday'at impressive ceremonies before one of the largest gatherings in thEi history of ,the Dio~ese. Many thousands of per~on~ w~re ,pr~sent from all areas of the Diocese to attend the' dedication program:.-at Twenty minutes private audience with Pope John XXIII, least 1700were,seated in the the privilege of every Bishop visiting Rome, highlighted a.uditorium-and, to make a Bishop Connolly's 'ad limina .visit to the Eternal City,i just tour of the buildin-gs after ' completed. During the audience the Fall River Ordinary,' the' ceremo,riies' which re-' speaking in French, reported American seminarian Jo~ph ceiv'ed full coverage from the to the Supreme Pontiff on Delaney, .to the Pope. press and radio and television ,WASHINGTON' (NC)-President Eisenhower's planthe spiritual and temporal ned: visit wi,th Pope 'John XXIII will be the second audience Previous to Bishop Connolly's stations. Connolly's remarks, in eondition of the Diocese. He , audience, he had formally pre- hisBishop brief talk in' the auditorium with a Pope by a U. S. President 'still in office. The other presented' a spiritual bouquet sented a 'written report on .the after the blessing of the- school, President known to see a Pope while' still in office was from all the area faithful to His . Diocese to the Congregation of were ,chiefly an expression of' ' the Consistory, the body in cordial thanks to His Eminence, ' Woodrow' Wilson, who had Truman Holiness. 'and' Herbert Hoover , Following Bishop Connolly's charge,of the founding, preser- Cardinal Cushing, for the mag- an audience with Pope Ben- also have had audiences with meeting, he presented the Dioc- vation and .administration of. nificent example he has given edict XV on Jan. 4, 1919. Popes, but both men were out esan Chancellor, Rt. Rev. Hum- Dioceses. -the 'Church' and' the country as a Former Presidents Harry S. of. office at the time. Turn to Pag;eEigh'teen berto S. Medeiros, and North President 'Eisenhower anshepherd, of the flock, -a leader I' nounced ,his plans to visit the and forthright exponent of CathPontiff in a prepared statement olic educational ideals, "'''''~re at a' news' conference. He said he leads, we faithful will follow." the audience with the Pope will Turn to Page Eighteen be one stop during a two-and-aSunday, Nov. 15 will be a great day in Santo Christo half, week tour of major cities parish, Fall River. At 3 that afternoon, parishioners.will iiI nin~countries of Europe, Asia gather to honor their pastor, Rev. Francisco Correia Bettenand Africa: Previous chiefs of state to visit court, on the 60th anniversary of his ordination. As they Pope John include President have for several years past, ' Charles de Gaulle of F~ance; the Franciscan Missionaries On the occasion of the Holy President Giovanni Gronchi of of Mary, who teach cateFather's First Anniversary Turn to Page Twelve chism to parish children, as Pope, the Most Rev,erend have arranged a program for Bishop sent him the assurFather Bettencourt. Adults will 'ance of the prayers of the clergy be there too, to express the Rite~ and faithful of the Diocese of affection of all for the veteran Fall River. pastor who has served Santo The Bishop has received .the Christo since 1928. following cablegram from CarHis Exc~llency, the Most Born in the Azores, Father dinal Tardini, Secretary of State Reverend James L. Connolly, Bettencourt was ordained there to Pope John: Bishop of Fall River, accomand served in parishes for 12 His Holiness warmly apprepanied by His Excellency, years until in 1911 he made the ciates the message of devotion , decision to come to the United the Most Reverend James J. and loyalty and the assurance States. Gerra'rd, Auxiliary, will attend of prayers sent to him on the Arriving in the Diocese, DIRECTOR: Rev. Bernard dedication ceremonies路 of the occasion of' his anniversary. Father Bettencourt was introF. Sullivan,. St. Mar y , s new Cathedral of Mary Our He expresses his cordialgratiduced to Rt. Rev. Msgr. Antonio tude and lovingly imparts to ' Cht).rch, Norton, has been Queen in Baltimore, Sunday, P. Vieira by Canon John P. Nov. 15.' , Your Excellency, to ,the clergy named. director of youth acDamaso, who had, been one of The two prelates will then be and faithful of the Diocese tivities'foi'the Greater Attle- present at the annual meeting Father Bettencourt's' seminary , his fatherly Apostolic Bene:. 'Turn to P~~e E1rbteell boro distriCt. Turn to Page Eti'bteen , diction FATHER BETTENCOURT
Stang路 Dedication Upholds Parents' Right . to Educat.e
Qiocesan Chancellor Pope. 'Talks to You Like -a' Father'
Eisenhow,er Se~c;>nd Chief 'Exec:u'ti've' t'o' 楼isit .Pontiff
Father Bettencourt to Celebrate Sixtieth Ordination Anniversa'ry,
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Pope Johri Sends Papal Blessing In Gratitude
Dioce'so'n, Bishop's 1'0' Attend Of, Dedication