First" Co~mun:ion Day Brings Thrill to Grandparents
1'HE ANCHORThurs., Dec. 8, 1960
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To Honor Mary At Aca~emy
By Mary Tinley Daly It was eight o'clock of a frosty Saturday morning in • suburban parish. Notwithstanding, the church resembled • metropolitan cathedral at Christmas, midnight Mass. By f :30 the last seat was taken in the tightly packed pews. Fifteen minutes later, men heard clearly in the dead sil. h' an.d women, dressed t· ·k .In ' t elr ence of the church. N 0 a squum. fi nes t , S t 00d , lI e cIgarettes or whisper from the devout in a package, jamming aisles seven-year-olds; only sound an
Members of the Alumnae Association and Sucordium Club of Sacred Hearts Academy, Fall River, will join to pay tribute to , Our Lady at 3 Sunday afternoon, Dec. 11 in the convent chapel on Prospect Street. Rev. John H. Hackett, newly appointed academy chaplain, will preside at a ceremony during which senior class members joined by alumnae and Sucordium Club officers will offer a lily at Our Lady's altar. This is the first year the two organizations have combined for the traditional ceremony. Mothers of seniors, former Sucordium Club members and. their alumnae daughters are invited to attend. A reunion and social hour will follow in the school hall. Mrs. Elmer J. Stafford, Sucordium Club president and Mrs. Marjorie Tokarz, alumnae heaet, are co-chairmen.
and the rear of the church. This occasional whirr of' a movie day and hour were of supr~me camera or the cry of a baby. imp 0 l' t The chancel was opened and • nee: Firs t the children went "unto the altar e 0 mmun of God" for this precious momion Day. ent-reception of Holy ComAn aura of munion for the first time by a lftlbdued e x class of more than 150. From citement pretheir devotion, it was evident Yailed. Young that they knew the importance mothers could of the occasion-proof that St. DOW relax. Last Pius X was right in advocating Right they had early First Communion. been at the As parents, the Head of the ironing board, House and I have thrilled to had set rolls such a sight many times. Now, tor the celefor the first time as grandbration breakfast, had curled parents we were present when ~ National Conference hair of little girls, laid out the our eldest gra!'-'~"dld, Lu Anne; finery for the morning, arranged made her First Holy CommunHonors Nun-Principal tor baby sitting and transporta- ion. , NEWARK (NC) - The nunMon. ' T h e r e was a stinging behind principal of a Catholic School SOUNDS GOOD: "That really sounds good, doesn't it?", Earlier, they had helped with the eyes, /l few' moments when asks Sister Barbara Thomas, S.U.S.C. (left) as Sister in nearby Irvington, N. J. has that important "Examination of breath seemed suspended, a ferbeen given a special citation Kathleen Joseph plays "Music Through the Years," newly for Conscience" preceding First vent prayer that the innocence her. efforts in improving eonfession. On down the Com- 01. today might ,continue on, and released album recorded by Holy Union Sisters. Albums human relations. mandments they had gone with on. Sister Mary Gerard of the are available from Holy Union Records, 466 Prospect Street, the youngster. After CommanclA Is 0 came Iil prayer of School Sisters of Notre Dame, FallE,iver.Proceeds will benefit the l;ommunity's building ment eight, came the comment, thanksgiving for the fulfillment who is princ,pal of Archbishop fund. "'These other two aren't for of the nuptial blessing given us Walsh High School, was given ebi1dren. They're grown peo,. 110 many years ago: "May you the award by the New Jersey plell' sins." Then the plaintive, both see your children's chilRegion of the National Confer"But, Mommy, look at number dren even to the third and ence of Christians and Jews. ten. I sure have wished for a fourth generation." beck of a lot of things I never Well, ,we don't look that far CLEVELAND (NC)-A "get- norance. It's a shame that everylOt!" ahead! However, what a privi''The Family That Mommy then had to explain lege to see even one of our ting-to-know-you" approach to body panics and flees. when a ~ difference between wishing "children's _children" receive more Christian race relations Negro moves into a neighborwas tried here when 15 white hood. We certainly don't intend Prays Together aDd "coveting thy neighbors' Our 'Lord. IIOOds." By 9:20 of that fEosty Satur- persons visited two Negro homes. . to moye. Our children play with The move was sparked by Negro children and get along Stays 1rogether" Long-Awaited na,. day morning, the church and . parking lot were cleared. 'Indi- Caritas, a Catholic inter raciaJ, fine. They find Negroes good group headed by Joseph New- neighbors, as we do." ~ow, that First ConfessIon was vidual family celebrations took THE Mrs. Newman wife of the ewer. The long-awaited day had over to mark this special never- man, a Negro. FI RST NATIONAL ;;; The 15 whites were from 10 Caritas president and a former llITived. to-be-forgotten day. ' Y~ung fathers, armed with Anew group of little Catholics Cleveland parishes. They visited school teacher added: BANK "Years ag~ I was hateful· aovle and still cameras were had received theiB' Lord for the the homes of Mrs. Jessie Bailey Attleboro-South Attlebore posed as the Une of shivering, .!lrst time and her daughter-in-law, Mrs. when I ran into racial prejUdice. Seekonk white-clad seven-year-olds filed . Earl Harris, and Mr. and Mrs. But now I'm wiser. Besides relaHoward Baker. tions are improving." Into the church. Everybody on Ch G· I ' C II ibe boys' side had a fresh hairange Ir S 0 ege For most of the white persons, _ , all the girls were in curls. Into School for Boys it was their first sOcial call on a Grandparents, godparents, ST. LOUIS (NC)-Maryville Negro family. For the Negroea, -.ants and uncles, older sisters College for women will be con- it was their first - chance to .w brothers--all awaited the verted. into a boys' high school sound off about their feelings. procession. For the eyes of each, next Fall. Prejudiee, Ignorance ENJOY WARM RESTFUL SLEEP AIJL WINTER there was just one target, The college, conducted for 88 , Among the whites was Martin "'ours!" "There he is, rounding years by the Religious of the Ribar, father, of nine who is WITH THIS BEAUTIFUL the turn." "There she is, on 'the Sacred Heart, hao been· purblind and lives in a mixed other side, right behind that chased by the Augustinian FaNegro-white neighborhood. In. Iled-headed girl." thers, Mother' Lucy Lamy, answer to a question on why Through the crowd on the superior of the community, anNegroes had such a hard time outside steps came the inevit- nounced. climbing to the top, Mr. Ribar a b 1 c latecomers, bystanders The college will be moved to said: gladly making way for small, a site 15 miles from St. Louis in "It's largely prejudice and ~ panting, white-clad figures. time for the opening of the "Sorry, battery trouble," school year in September, 1961. gasped a harassed young father. Father John L. Seary,' O.S.A., "Alarm didn't go off u from provincial of the Augustinians' I uKE BEING HElPfUl -.other. Midwest Province, said the high INSTEAD OF I4ElJ1lIiS!l "'Unto the Altar of God" school will have a freshman class 'TME WAY I,WASBEFOII£ Mass was celebrated by the of 150 students and will eventuW1l RENlED nus pastor of course, in keeping with &1y become a fowr-year school WHEEL CHAIR FROM tradition on this memorable with 600 studentB. dRy. 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