Fall River School Campaign
General Phase Indicates Area Faithful Support ,
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Fall River, Mass., Thursday, Nov. 14, 1963 Vol. 7, No. 47 ©
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PRICE lOe $4.00 per Year
Expect Litulrgy Change's Promulgation Nov. 30 By Rev. Jobn R. Foister
St. Anthony of Pa.dua - New Bedford
With Memorial pledges of $360 or more still coming into Headquarters, the General Phase of the Fall River Boys High School Building Fund campaign is now underway. Heartened by the amount of more than a million and a quarter dollars that has already been pledged in the Special Gifts and Memorial Gifts Phases, collectors are now making their ?o~r-to-door calls for the top in this fund-raising en long-awaited high school for subscrIption to the General deavor being undertaken for the boys which will open in the Fall Phase of the Drive. They erection of a much-needed and of 1966. report that they are being m*~:!f~mz::::mmtm~~E?1Jf~:~~~~~;;:m~;n:t:m:J;:~:ma;:K~ The following is a list 01
met with many who opportunity first Jesuit established Diocese.
enthusiasm by the
are welcoming the to help build the High School to be in the Fall River
A veritable army of 2,000' men, working in pairs, is canvassing the 36 parishes in the Greater Fall River Area. All are intent on seeing their parishes go over.
Reports Meeting
The first RepOrts Meeting of the General Phase of the Fund Raising Campaign for the new Catholic Memorial High School for Boys in Fall River will be held Tuesday night, Nov. 19,
at 8 o'clock In the Sacred
Heart School Auditorium, Pine
Stred, Fall River. I
Franciscan Hits Objections. To Award to. Dr. King
With half of the Second Session already a matter of history, the Nov. 8th meeting of the Vatican Council was one of the most dramatic so far. A crucial conflict arose NEW YORK (NC) - An official of the Third Order as a consequence of a debate, where sharply opposite views of St. Francis called objections to the group's presenting were expressed by Cardinal refuse to accept any Scriptural its 1963 St: Francis Peace Medal to Dr. Martin Luther King Fring-s and Cardinal O1ta foWl dation for such an activity; a sign of "confusion." Father Philip Marquard, O.F.M., of Yiani. Up to that time, the others fear a resulting disunity; Chi c ago, presenting the Roman Curia had been bit still others think the College of . Peace medal to Dr. King, fellowship and concern" In the terly criticized and these two Cardinals satisfactory. civil rights effort. He called it said the Third Order had en "dear' Fathers reflected the views of and. meaningful" as his Those who held for Collegial tile divided as ity presented another proposal countered objections from firSt award from a Catholic
.embly. (Please that would have some of the "a goodly number of people" to group, and said he accepted it the choice of the Negro integra refer to article for his companions "in the front world's Bishops in Rome, as ad tion leader for its honor. ~y Fr. Mitchell, lines of this difficult struggle;" visors to the Pope. This is inter Father Marquard sa i d he p. 20). Besides preted as a criticism and distrust "The crisis of our age," he the attacks on of the present Curia. In theory, thought those who objected were declared, lies in "the challenge "sincere" and commented: ot' defense of . the Curia is the "arm of the to' make the principle of demo "But this indicates' what con the Roman Cu Pope" but many think it is too cracy a reality, to make Chris fusion exists even in the minds ria, a subject of independent in action (if not tian ethics a reality." Ii vel y debate even forcing the Pope at times). of upright people, and again re Dr. King said a successful out
flects just one of the many 'Was provided in Proposals have been offered problems Dr. King is faced with come of the civil rights effort Chapter 1. The to a) have each national confer requires getting rid of certain in his unselfish task."
proposal of col ence send delegates to Rome; "myths" - including the idea Dr. King, a Baptist, is presi
legiality holds b) bring about an international dent of the Southern Christian that, left alone, the problem will that all the bishops - united to iza·tion of the Curia; c) reorgan Leadership Conference. "In se solve itself and the idea that
1ile Pope-have a responsibility ize the system of Apostolic Nun lecting him for its 1963 Peace "legislation can't solve this prob
for the affairs of the entire cios, Delegates, etc. Medal, the Franciscan Third Or lem.'"
Church. One more procedural change "It may be true that morality
The problem Is In reconciling was initiated on Nov. 6 meeting der cited his "truly Christian the powers of the individual whereby instead of a daily rota. approach to the civil rights prob- . can't be legislated," he said,
"but behavior can be regulated.
bishops and the primacy of the tion in the presiding moderator'. lem through his program of non It may be true that law can't
Roman Pontiff. In a test vote, chair, the same Cardinal-Moder- violence." Dr. King, accepting the award, make a man love me, but it can
the bishops overwhelmingly Turn to Page Fifteen said it signaled "a new level of keep him from lynching me."
.:howed that they believed they bad such a power. Proponents of the doctrine stress that it in itl RO way distracts from the Pope's 1,~en position. Opponents have tried to show that such a suggestion is an af A parish unique in the large area it covers has become the second to top its quota' kont to the Holy Father. Some in the fund raising drive for the Catholic Memorial High School for Boys in Fall River.
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Diocesan Charity Brings 121 Tons Of Clothing
Close on the heels of St. Roch's parish is Holy Rosary only church in the Fall River ~ · A corps 'f 1 H 0 1y Rosary eoI Swansea-Somerset area servmg Ital'Ian C athohcs. 0 25 zea ous lectors, headed by John S. Sousa, chairman, and Louis A Sisca and Henry V. Seneca, co-chairmen fan ned out
giving Clothing Collection, ac cording to an announcement made today by Rev. Francis A. McCarthy, Diocesan Director of '&he project. Some 241,708 pounds er more than 121 tons of clothing 'Were colI e c ted at parishes thoughout the Diocese, Father McCarth:r said. Donations will be trucked to New York for .hipment overseas. Items col lected included clothes, shoes, blankets and infants layettes. This year, special packages 'Were made up for priests in the Impoverished nations by their fellow - priests throughout the Diocese. These packages con tained missals, rituals, used Mass wstments, and clerical garb. A Turn &0 Paie Eighteen
Among memorials to the parish in the school will be a portrait of Pope Paul VI, given by ~ev. Joseph R. P~nnoni, pas tor, In memory of hIS mother. Workers had to travel from Somerset to Rhode Island Ave nue, from Assonet to Foote Street, to reach all parishioners, campaign headquarters noted, in singling out Holy Rosary for particular commendation. Still to come from the parish, as from all other participating parishes, are reports on progress of the General Phase of the cam paign. This will give all Catho lic families not previously con tacted the opportunity to contri bute to the long-needed and eagerl,y awaited bora' liChooL
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The Fall River Diocese has through. the CIt~ and suburbs to acco~pllsh. theIr goal.. Thr~e IUrpassed all previous years . donatIons In the spec!al ~Ift in amounts contributed to category and 77 memonal gIfts the Bishops' Annual Thanks were recorded by the workers.
Special Gifts contributors: $25,000
In· memory of Rev. Brendall C. McNally, S.J. $15,000
F. L. Collins & Sons The Joseph F. Foley FamUy $10,000 Atty & Mrs. John T. Farrell Sr. Alvin J. Sullivan Anonymous $'7,500 Anonymous Mr. & Mrs. Thomas F. TanseJ $6,000 Gold Medal Bakery CompaDJ Webb Oil Company $5,000 Mrs. Charles Hurley, Anony mous, The late John C. Travis, 1964 Feast Committee of Our Lady of Angels Parish, Mr: " Mrs. Harold E. Ward. Miss Florence R. Lynch and Mrs. Teresa E. Hetu, Dr. &. Mrs. John Manning, Capt. and Mrs. Joseph J. O'Connell, Frances, Mary and Fred Shay, Mr. & Mrs. Gilbert C. Oliveira. Dr. & Mrs. Gilbert Vincent, Manuel Rogers and Sons, Green berg Family, Mr. and Mrs. John E. Brady, Mr. and Mrs. George M. MontIe. Mr. & Mrs. Ralph Guerreiro Sr. Mr. & Mrs. Norman Hochu. Turn to Page Three
Mass Is Planned For Handicapped In Fall River At noon on Sunda.y a dream will come true for Eugenia Faryniarz. A Mass for the handicapped, first of
its kind in the Diocese, ~i~l be celebrated at St. WIlham'. Church, Fall River. Inspiration for the Nov. IT Mass came to Eugenia a month ago when ~he attended a day of recollectIon for the handi capped held in Boston. Among attendants from Fall River was a man with cerebral palsy who had not been in a church fl:>r more than 30 years. due to ~mbarrassment over hIS conditIon. "Wouldn't it be wonderful if we could go to Mass in Fall River as we can here," said more than one of Eugenia's friends. The idea sparked her to action and she thought of St. William's as a church the handi capped could enter with a miniTurn to Page Eighteen
Dispensation
OVER TOP: The Most Reverend Bishop congratulates ' Holy Rosary, Fall River, Pastor Rev. Joseph R. Pannoni, left, and Parish Chairman John S. Sousa, right, as Parish exceeds its quota in Boys High School Building Fund.
The Chancery Office an nounces that the faithful are dispensed from the law of ab stinence on Friday, Nov. 29. the day following Thansksgiv ing Day. They are also dispensed from the law of fast and ab lltinenee on the Vigil of the Immaculate Conception, Sat urday, Dec. 7. I