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An Anchor of the Soul, SU're and Firm-ST.

PAUL

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,Fall River, Mass.

Vol. 1, No. 32

Thursday,

~ov..14,

1957

Second Cln•• Mnil Ptivilell'es Authorized nt Fnll River, MallS.

WELCOME NEW PRESIDENT: Msgr. Carl J. Ryan, Superintendent of Catholic schools of the Archdiocese of Cincinnati, (left) retiring President of the Department of School Superintendents of the National Catholic Educa­ tional Association, congratulates President-elect Msgr. Henry M. Hald, Superintendent of Schools, Brooklyn, at the educators annual meeting in Washington, D. C. NC Photo. '

School Buildi,ng Fund Over Million Mark The campaign for funds to build Catholic Memorial High School in Dartmouth - the first of ,five regional high schools planned in the Fall ,River Diocese - has soared above the million-dollar mark. This announcell}ent was (See Archbisho.- Cushing's made t 0 day by General story on Page Three) Chairman Dr. Arthur F. Buckley of New Bedford as reports fro m the campaign volunteer workers from Ware­ ham on Cape Cod to Westport in Bristol County continued their house-to-house canvass. The Greater New Bedford regional schoo~ will cost in ex­

cess of $2,000,000. The present

building fund campaign is aimed at a minimum goal of $1,500,000.

Dr. Buckley explained today that the exact building fund figure was not immediately Qvailable but the returns made by his volunteer-workers-com­

mittees were sufficient to permit the announcement that contri­ butions and subscriptions now total more than $1,000,000. Receiving Reports Two meetings of volunteer workers are being held in New Bedford this week to receive

Let

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workers. The campaign direc­ tors were unable to ascertain the exact campaign total before our press time. Turn to Page T~irteen

Name McGowan

Serran Deputy J. Victor Jaeger, vice­ president of Serra Interna­ tional, this week announced from the International of­

fices in Chicago the appoint­

ment of Robert V. McGowan of

North Attleboro as Deputy Dis-

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We invite all regular subscrib­ ers of The Anchor to notify us immediately when they do not receive their weekly copy. We are most anxious to see that deliveries are made promptly to homes of all of the thousands who subscribe' to this weekly Catholic publication. We suggest you mail a card to Box Seven, Fall River, advising us if your copy does not reach you. We have no other way of knowing of the failure in deliv­ ery. We also ask our readers-­ who keep increasing weekly--to communicate changes in address so as to assure regular and un­ interrupted delivery.

ROBERT V. McGOWAN

Hierarchy Charts Annual Program at Conference In Nation's Capital WASHINGTON (NC)-The activities of the. Catholic Church in the United States continue to grow in "variety and extent." . Reports of departments and bureaus of the National Catholic Welfare Conference submitted to the annual general meeting of the archbishops and

b ish 0 p s of the country show that many questions, national and international in character, were studied and

dealt wth in the course of the last year. Archbishop Francis P. Keough of Baltimore, chairman of the NCWC Administrative Board, told the meeting at the Catholic University of America here that "as our facilities and services be­ come more widely known," the NCWC receives more and more "requests for information and service, not only from individu­ als, institutions and dioceses in this country, but from abroad." The Archbishop reported that "during the year there were many major developments of an international character' which I:equired study, representation, and at times, action." He listed a dozen, including the placement of hundreds of Catholic students who fled to the Uriited States after the Hungarian revolt of October-November, 1956. But he added that "the list could be prolonged indefinitely," and re­ flected the "forced involvement" of NCWC "in matters not com­ monly thou'ght of as falling within the competence of any specific department" of the con­ ference. Turn to Page Ten

Excess in Dress Styles Scor~d By Pope Pius CASTELG AND 0 L F 0 (NC) -"Style must never provide a prox,imate occasion of sin," Pope Piu~ XII has told a group of European fashion designers. The Pope reminded leaders of the Latin Union of High Fashion tha't avoiding the danger of giv­ ing a proximate occasion of sin is the absolute 'standard which must be preserved by fashion designers, no matter how broad and changeable - the relative morals of fashion in clothes may become. , The Pope's 7,OOO-word dis­ course covered general consider­ ations of fashions, moral prob­ lems involved in fashion design and their solution and also made a number of suggestions to the members of the fashion union. It was the longest speech de­ voted exclusively to clothing fashions made' by this or any other pope. Use of Clothing The Pontiff said three funda­ mental reasons govern men's use Turn to Page Nine

Bishop Ahr Hits Atheistic Fools In Universities The Eastern Regional Con­ vention of the CJltholic Press Association, of which The Anchor is a member, met last Thursday and Friday in Trenton, New Jersey. The of­ ficial newspaper of the Diocese

of Trenton, The Monitor, acted

as host paper to the convention attended by editors, business managers, advertising and circu­ lation men and women, repre­ senting Catholic newspape~s and magazines. " Panel discussions were held on how to improve the Catholic press, criticism of its shortcom­

ings, and other topics aimed at developing a more complete and interesting service to the readers. 'Reports were given by Rt. Rev. John S. Randall of Rochester, President of the Catholic Press Association, and. Most Rev. Turn to Page Thirteen

St. Roch's Church, Fall River

Renovation of Fall River Church Is Now Complete Rev. Reginald M. Barrette St. Roch's Parish, Fall River

Cars are slowing down. People are stopping. Heads are being lifted. "Yes," they are saying, "St. Roch's Church looks so nice now. What a wonderful transformation!" Since the 'construction of St. Roch's Church, Fall River, in 1899, the building Pastor of St. Roch's Parish, was has gone through three ma- to be but a temporary school and jor repair phases. The ori- church. It was designed to ginal structure built by, house six classes on the first Father Guigere, the founding

Father H~sburgh On Study Board WASHINGTON (NC)­ Father Theodore M. Hes­ burgh, C.S.C., president of the University of Notre Dame, has been named a mem­ ber of President 'Eisenhower's newly formed Civil Rights Com­ mission. Turn to p~ge Sixteen

floor, the church on the second, with the parish hall in the base­ ment. The church itself had a seating capacity of 750, large enough to accommodate its then large con­ gregation. The exterior was en­ tirely of small wood clapboard with an external double-stair­ case in the center, and a small wood steeple containing the half­ ton bell still heard every day. of the year. In 1920 Father Robert, (later Monsignor Robert of Notre Dame Church) then pastor of St. Roch, realized that the temporary church and school would have to become a permanent struc­ ture. So he made plans to re­ arrange the outside in such a Turn to Page Twenty

Another Bonus

FATHER HESBURGH

The Anchor today commences the weekly publication of a crossword puzzle, "Saints in Crosswords." This is the second feature added within the past month. "The Fighting Chaplain" is now a regular feature.

We are especially pleased we have been able to acquire what is considered the best Catholic puzzle, honoring a requ.est 00: many of our readers. The Anchor is also planning the publication of other features which we· hope will make this diocesan paper one of the leaders in its field.


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