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The ANCHOR An Anchor of the Soul', Sure a,nd li'irm-ST. PAUL

Fall River, Mass., Thursday, Nov. 30, 1961 Vol. 5, No. 49

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Dallas CCO Congress Draws Top Hierarchy Bishop Connolly and Rev.' Joseph L. Powerc;, Diocesan Director of the Confraternit. of Christian Doctrine, are attending the organization's Congress in Dallas this week. Thl Congress, held every five years, will continue until tomorrow. Father Powers took paI1 yesterday in a workshop discussing the Fishers section of the Confraternity. He acte,' as resource person, being available to answer t~hnical questions coming up in the course of the meeting. The Diocesan Director was also present at a special meeting held Monday for directors from all dioceses represented. He reached Dallas for this purpose a day before the official opening of the Congress. Father Powers said'some 6,000 are in attendance at the meeting, including five Cardinals. Delegates from this country, Canada, and all parts of LatinAmerica are present. The Congress is the 11 th national and fourth inter-American gathering for the CCD. The opening' address at the Congress was given Tuesday by A m let 0 Cardinal Cicognani, Papal Secretary of State and legate of Pope John to the Congress. Turn to Page Eighteen

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DEACON BAPTIZES: Rev. Mr. John F. Andrews, deacon at St. John's Seminary, Brighton, officiates at baptism of his nephew, Christopher, son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert V. Andrews, at St. J[lmes Church, New Bedford. Deacons are permitted to baptIze, but rarely perform ceremony.

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The Fall Riwr Diocese has topped all previous years in amounts contributed· to the Bishops' Annual Thanksgiving Clothing CcIJection, according to announcement made today by Rev. Francis A. McCarthy, diocesan director of the project. Some 232,296 of 890 pounds; Taunton, pounds or more than 116 increase 39,061 pounds, an increase of tons of clothing were col- 6,087 pounds; Attleboro, 15,800 lected at parishes through- pounds, an increase of 3,536 out the diocese, said Father McCarthy. Donations will be trucked to a New York dispatch point for shipment overseas. Items collected included clothes, shoes, blankets and infants' layettes. This year's figures top 1960's total by eight and a half tons, noted Father McCarthy. Area Contributions Fall River area parishes c<Jntributed 61,903 pounds of clothing, an increase of 1,662 pounds over last year. Swansea-Somerset: 18,727 pounds, an increase of 3,865 pounds. New Bedford, 51,744 pounds, an increase of 54 pounds; North Attleboro, 5,543 pounds, an increase of 448 pounds; Mansfield_ Norton, 4,900 pounds, an increase of 848 pounds. Cape Cod, 33,618 pounds, an

Sunday's Appea I On Sunday, the First Sunday of Advent, the customary yearly collection for the benefit of the Catholic University of America in Washington will be taken up in all churches of the Diocese. The text of the Bishop's letter relating to this collection is. on Page Two.

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Bishop/s Charity Ball Aims at New Record

The Seventh Annual Bishop's Charity Ball to be held at Lincoln Park's Million Dollar Ballroom, Wednesday evening January 10, is expected to break all previous attendance records.,already established as the top social event of the year, the· :1962 affair will Gershwin, Rodgers & Hammerintroduce:the music of Harry stein are included. Marshard'and his orchestra, His unique renditions of VienAmerica's most sought after nese Waltzes, Latin American society band. The melodious,·,.... danceable strains of his music delight dowagers, as well as debs. In fact, they're bound to appeal to anyone who likes to dance at all! The Marshard baton is a magic wand - capable of turning even the simplest party into a ball, and inducing even the most reluctant dragons out onto the dance floor. The variety of selections attest to the versatility of the Marshard songbag. Currently popular and old' favorite tunes from tin pan alley's best to the musical greats like Cole Porter, Kern,

Import~nce

Ceremonies at 4 o'clock next Sunday afternoon will mark the opening of the ninth .consecutive year of

of Laity Topic Of Forthcoming Coun'cil

Religious Christmas Illumination at La Salette Shrine, Route 118, Attleboro. Immediately preceding the illumination Raymond Guillette of Attleboro will carry a statue of the Infant Jesus in a candle-light procession from the Shrine Chapel to the Manger, Rev. Rene Sauve, M,S., superior, will preach the opening sermon. The illumination season will extend from Dec. 3 through Sunday, Jan. 7. This year's display of 40,000 lights, set up in a different pattern around a totally new Manger, is expected to surpass the beauty· and brilliance of past Ileasons, Father Sauve says. , Turn to Page Eighteen

BALTIMORE (NC)-The coming ecumenical councU will probably take some action stressing the importance of the laity in the Church, a priest-theologian said here. Father Gustave Weigel, S.J., professor of ecclesiology at Woodstock College, also expressed the He told an adult education hope that the Second Vat- audience at the College of Notre ican Council will clarify the Dame of Maryland that laity and Church-State relationship in priests cannot very well unite in society. The Jesuit priest, who is a consultant to the council's Secretariat for the Promotion of Christian Unity, said that "in the laity Church and world meet," and "we must understand the rights, obligations and powers of the laymen, powers that are charismatic and not from the Sacrament of (Holy) Orders."

Public Wea'rying of Film NEW YORK ,(NC)-The Catholic Bishops' committee for motion pictures warned here that if the film industry does not show it can self-regulate its product the public may demand mandatory classification of movies. ' A lengthy statement stressing the need for stricter regulation of films was issued through the National Legion of Decency here by the U.S. Bishops' Committee for Motion Pictures, Radio and Television. The statement was signed by the retiring chairman of the committee, Bishop James A. McNulty of Paterson, N.J.. and four other prelates. Key points in the statement, entitled "Fihns--Freedom and Responsibility," were these: -Film industry "leadership has expressed unalterable opposition to voluntary classification" of movies. -The "Catholic preference is for self-regulation on the part of the motion picture industry .with minimal legal controls." -"There has been no decrease during 1961 in the number of

Rhythms, Merengues, Cha-Chas, . Sambas and Dixieland Jazz at its best have kept many a party going full tilt until dawn, or even after. Harry Marshard's distinguished musical career was interrupted for a time during World War II, when he exchanged his dinner jacket for a field jacket and his top hat for a helmet. Enlisting in the army as a private, he served with the 42nd Infantry Rainbow Division during the Battle of the Bulge, emerging as an infantry major at war's end. Marsha'rd orchestras are' big Turn to Page Eighteen

objectionable domestic fihns." . -Foreign films . ; . "have intensified the public impression that today's motion pictures are for the most part reprehensible." -There has been' an abuse of statistics issued by the National Legion of Decency. . -The public resents the "venal practices" of the film industry's advertising departments in promoting movies. -There should be "reasonable provision" "f 0 r safeguarding young people from viewing socalled adult fihns.

Vigil of Feast Next Thursday, December '1, is the Vigil of the Feast of the Immaculate Conception and is a day of Complete Abstinence for all Catholics and fast for those obliged. Friday, December 8, the Feast of the Immaculate Conception is' a Holyday of Obligation. Whenever a Holyday of Obligation falls on a Friday the Friday law of abstinence ceases.

corporate worship in the liturgy "if one speaks a language the others don't understand." "So the question of vernacular in the liturgy will definitely come up," he added. On the Church-State topic, Father Weigel had this to say: "We hope the bishops will clarify Turn to Page Eighteen

L~xity

The Bishops asserted in their statement that "the freedom of the screen is in greater jeopardy today than 'perhaps at any other time in the history of the medium." , "The threat of censorship hangs over motion pictures," they stated, "not because of any antiquated prudery on the part of the audience but because of ! re~sonable 'public dissatisfaction with current film product, prac- ; tices and exploitation." . The Bishops recalled that in last year's statement they reminded film-makers that the "Catholic preference is for selfregulation on the part of the motion picture industry with minimal legal controls." Stating that they "do not now depart from that preference," the Bishops called attention to the case of Times' Fihn CorporaTRANSFERRED: Rev. tion vs. the City of Chicago in Evaristo Tavares, curate at which the U.S. Supreme Court on January 23, 1961, "upheld Our Lady of Lourdes Church 'state and local prior censorship in Taunton, has been transof fihns as constitutional." ferred to St. Anthony They stated that this ruling Church, 'Taunton, and will "may eventually do more to adserve in the same capacity. Turn to Page T:welve

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