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Taunton Drive Over $106,600 "You can sense by the attitude and feeling of the Taunton people that they are just as eager for a regional high school as were the residents of Greater New Bedford and Attleboro," declared Rev. James F. Lyons, priest-director, as he announced today that gifts already received approximate $106,600. "The interest and enthusiasm in the Taunton project mounts every day," said Father Lyons, who also serves as an assistant at the Immaculate Conception parish in Taunton, ",' "The minimum goal of $1,-' 125,000 seemed like a lot of .: l money at first, but, .I;l0W the people. r.ealize ,that if everyone meets his honest and conscientious obligation, we here in Taunton will succeed as they did in New Bedford and Attleboro." "The fast-growing diocesan educational system needs the third regional high school to meet 'the demands being placed upon us," Father. Lyons obTurn to Page Two
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"B " Films Up In Past Year WASHINGTON (NC) The . National Legion of De¢ency rated as objectionable nearly a quarter of the u. S. films it reviewed last year, compared with about 14 per cent the year before. The 26-year-old C h u r c h agency charged with classifying films by their moral content said 24.33 per -cent of the 222 U,S. {\lms it looked at were put in class "B," morally objectionable . in part for all. . Turn to Page Eighteen
~. PREVOST. CELEBRATES: Marking the 100th anniversary of the death .of their founder are Brothers of Prevost High School. Left to ~ight, seated, Brother Augustus; superior, Brother Robert. Standing, Brother Marcel, Brother Benjamin. All are graduates of, ·Prevost.· .
VETERANS LEND AID: Leaders in drive for Bishop Feehan High School, Attleboro, give advice on techniques to Taunton area leaders now working for Memorial High School in that city. Seated, Rev. James P. Lyons, Taunton director, Robert McGowan, Attleboro general chairman. Standing, Rev. William D. 'rhomson, Attleboro director, Dr. Clement Maxwell, Taunton chairman.
Bishops Urge Every Person Accept Own Responsibility WASHINGTON (NC)-The United States is suffering from a breakdown in personal responsibility caused .chiefly by a marked decline in religious convictions, the U.S. Catholic' Bishops declared in their 1960 statement. l'he statement, issued at the conclusioR of ·the Bishops' a,nnual meeting here, said the decay ;of personal responsibility is evident
in f~mi~y J~fe, industry, 'ec?- '~{ tlie ;'basically mo~~l'evils;' i~ , . ~ . "At a time' when so much denOmIC hfe m general and In . the various sph'eres of life "and pends upon the soundness of our in:t'erllational affairs.' Pers':': . the .r~storatioil of' a .vigorous 'economy a.nd upon 'our ability 'onal. iesponsiphityis 'be'Ing, . seJf$e Qf· ~ers.~nal JresPoQ~ibility. .to pr~duce .to mee.t the needs of sacrificed, the, Bishop dec1!lred, bel:o~g ~~ImarllY to t~e flel~.l?f a rapldly '<ieveIOPI?g world, we by:a tendenc'y ,to .dlliegate too r~I'~lOn, . ' .' ' . . ' , ~ave pe~.~qaced WI~~ a,frequ~nt. ~ mUch: . responsil:iilfty to organ-:.. I~The'. 'forem~t . signs . o~. th~.la~k o.f truly responslblE! leaderizationS. decline of personal ~espotlsibil- . sh~p" both on' the part of rna,,"" Construction of a 70-rOOm retreat hous'e at the LaSalette They said that the. correctioft ity" are ·to . be . found in .. the TurD &0 P~e EigMe'eD ' family," the Bishops stated. "The Shrine in Attleboro will begin early next .year, Rev. Rene failure of parents to fulfill their Sauve, M.S., SUp'erioi",ann:ounc~d,today.Most Rev. James ~. 'responsibilities, as reveaied in Ccinnolly, Bishop'ofFaURiver, has granted permission to the the frequency of divorce, deser-' l1 LaSalette .Fathers·to build meditation, It is a weekend with tion and broken' homes, is a na· tional disgrace. Any delinquenQur Lady of LaSalette' Re- God alone." ·<:y. 'of, parents may well be retreat House. The' Retreat , I'The LaSalette Fathers' are 'I.'heChancery Office of flected in. thE' delinquency 'of' - The custom of the' Adveht '~ery happy to open' a Retr~at House wni be' iocated 'off the .• P'i'oeese . hlUJ .almoqnced. · Y0l;1t~, which. is n~w OO~On~YWreath, spread S9, ~apidPark Str'eet on the north end' of . House at the Shrine," .. said, · consIdered our greate~t nabonal '1···· th'U 'ted -St t th . t that'the investiture· of Rt.' Father Sauve, "because it'will the Shl'ine' gl'(>unds:thus assur.domestic problem}' , . y In e m, a es· a. 'bring rich spiritual"bless.ings to . 'R~v; Ber~a~d J. ·Fenton and ing complete isolation and tranThe Bi~hops" state'nwnt en.. - it . ha...~ .alr.eady· become. a quility to the rett:el\tall'~! ~'Thi8 the people of the Attleboro.. ar'eas Rt., ,~~v. 'iIe~ri, J\... .Ha~el a~' · titled, "Need' for 'Personai Re-" 'ch~rished part of Advent in the is . very important," explained .. and to the whole' dioce'se .of Fall 'Domestic Prelates will take · sponsibili'ty,'; said that "e.qualiy;· home." Father Sauve, "because' a closed River. It will give the oppor- place in St. Mary's Cathedral, Turn &0 Page Two . 'Fail River; Sunday evening, . con~picuous, is the' evidenc.e:qf ' 'The Advent Wreath is a wreatb ~treat is a time of prayer and \ Dec. 11, at 7:30 o'clock. . . decline in t~e sense of resp?~si-: made of evergreens that is either bi~ity within our indu~tt:ial . suspended from the ceiling or ~oth of t'he new monsignori organizatiQn and in our general piaced on a table, usually behave been service chaplains for ecol}omic life." . fore a family shrine or in some . . . 18 ye'ars and both hold the ra.nk other place of honor in the home. of Colonel, Msgr. Fenton ~n the Fastened to the wreath are foul' Army and Msgr. Hamel in the , standing- upright at , Air Force. . ',candlesdistance. equal These candles . "HOLLYWOOD (NC)-Decadent' movies' are hurting" : Msgr. Fenton is at present ,. represent the" four weeks of "The Catholic University . Advent. . e West, an international Ca.,.thoiic film authority said h.'e..re Chief of Personnel, in the Office ot' the ,Chief of ,Chaplains with is 'the keystone in ot.ll~ whole' 0n'th'eFirstSunday of Advent, this' we~k. Andrew. Ruszkowski, execqtive staff member ·of· headqu'arters' in the ·Pentagon. the'International Catholic Cil)ema Office (OOlC) in Brus- ~ Msgr: Hamel is .Inspector, Chap- national education. system/~usualiyin the evening, the room James ~L'.' ConnOI~is 'darkene~ and the first' cimdle sels, Belgium, said producers ' • lain General of the. Air Force ly, BIshop of Fall IUver, empha- is lit. The' candle' shining in the and moviegoers must work· .C()IJlf!land . iU)<t shlf~ Ch~J;llaio: . 'MATS wIth headquarters at sized' today' as' be announced the ' darkness is a reminder of' the animal offering' for the' world- time ~ when. h~manity was "sittogether for' better motion Scott Air. For~e Base, W. , pictures. "Motion picture . .'.'.. . The elevation of both chap- famous institution will be takim ting in darkness and in the up at all Masses in all Diocesan shadow, of. death" when the makers should feel an extra reA ThanksgIvmg.Eve Mass. lains came' at the request of churches next Sunday: ,. . promise' of the Redeemer came, aponf$ibility at this time when at Notre Dame Church, Fall Francis Cardinal Spellman as "From the hallowed walls ,of and' lit up the lives of men witb the West is struggling with the River has climaxed observ~ Military Vicar for the Armed this institution have come thou- hop'e for Ii Messiah. . bitter ideological propaganda of alice' by the Brothers of . Forces of the United States ,with The family th~n says some sands of leaders in the field of the approval of the Most Rev communism," Mr. Ruszkowski said in an interview. Chr~tian Instruction of Prevost erend Bishop - education, sociology and eccle- prayers usually offered for the "They must understand that if High School of the 100th ann~The sermo~ will be preached siastical administrative work," grace of a good and holy prepathey present a degenerate pic- versary of the death of theIr by Most Rev. James H. Griffiths, the Most Reverend Bishop ration· for Christmas. These ture of the West, they'll open founder, Ve~. John Mary Robert D.D., Auxiliary Bishop of New stressed in a pastoral letter family exercises continue every the doors to communist propa- de Lamennais. York. Bishop Griffiths is a which was read throughouttllP' evening throughout the first week with the one candle lit.. eauda. Many people will begin Rt. Rev. Msgr. Alfred J. E. former Chancellor of the Mili- Diocese last Sunday. Turn &0 Page Twenty Turn ·to· Page Two, Turn &0 Page Twelve Tun &0 Page Twenty tary Ordinariate.
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