English Cardinal Supports Pope,
Corrects Interview Distortions
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LONDON (NC)-Express ing concern over theappar ently widespread misinter pretation of statements he made in a television interview on Dec. 6, John Cardinal Heenan of Westminst~r has issued ex tracts from the recording of the interview. . . The Cardinal said he recog nized that the press was able to report only a small part of the
interview but added that some "isolated" quotations have led some who did not see the entire program to think that he told Catholics to ignore the encycli cal and follow their own con sciences. Actually Cardinal Heenan said in the interview that "I be lieve that in a measurable time -five or 10 years-everybody will accept what the Pope has said."
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Fr. G. 1. Chabot
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The Cardinal said that the whole scientifi~ trend is toward the use of natural rhythm for birth control-the fact that con ception is possible only within a limited perioda~d the at tempt to pinpoint this period with accuracy. The Cardinal, in the inter view, said that a person must 'follow his conscience but he in dicated that the conscience is not an insolated thing nor a
means of knowledge and that a Catholic's conscience is formed by the principles of morality. Asked if in conscience he would have been able to accept whatever decision the Pope made" the Cardinal replied, "Of course my conscience would have been able to accept what ever the Pope, after all that consideration, all that study and consultation, had decided was right."
Day of Prayer Supplants
Forty Hours Devotion
In acoordance with the Eu charistic Instruction of Pope Paul, the F'all River Diocese has made some adjustments in ,the traditional Forty. Hours Devotion service that takes place in each parish of the Dio cese each wear. The service of public adora tion of the Blessed Sacrament as the fruit of the Sacrifice of the Mass will be· termed Day of Prayer and will be observed on an assigned date by each of the
Msgr. R. T. Considine, P.A.
Fr. M. P. Ferreira
111 parishes throughout the Diocese. The service will consist of Exposition of the Blessed Sac rament without procession after the last scheduled Mass of the morning with public adoration of the Blessed Sacrament throughout the day until the Day of Prayer is closed by Benedict!on' in the evening. During the day, parishioners and groups are urged to make visits to the Blessed Sacrament to ask 'God'sJ blessings upon
Fr. D. A.
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themselves and the parish as a public mark of reparation for the neglect of God. Vatican Council II and the implementing Instruction on the Eucharist of Pope Paul have in sisted upon the adoration of the Blessed Sacrament as an in tegral aspect of Catholic belief and practice. The faithful are also encour aged to make frequent visits at all times to the Blessed Sacra ment, a practice that has been long a praiseworthy custom.
Fr. L. G. Mendonca
Fr. P. J. O'Neill, D.Ed. ,
Pope Paul Insists Writers Comply With Doctrine VATliCAN CITY (NC) Commenting on the work of presenting the truths of the faith to modern man, 'Pope Paul has told a general audi ence that there is the "temp tation of choosing from among the ,treasury of revealed truths those which are pleasing, leav ing aside the others." The Pope spoke of the .problem of main taining "jealously the authen ticity of the message of salva tion and at the same time make it acceptable by the' modem mentality." . The Pope praised the efforts of those who "make an effort to express clearly and happily religious truths in a way that all may accept it and in a cer tain measure understand it." But he also spoke of the possi bility in. this process of "am biguity, reticence, of altering the integrity of this message, let alone that it may lead to the temptation to choose from Turn to Page Six
Reorganize Bo'ard of Consultors
Assis,tants wHI serve for the first time in the 64-year history of the Fall, River Diocese on the reorganzied Board of Consultors. Announcement of the c'hange of board membership was made today by Bishop Connolly. Heretofore, the Board of Consultors, generally, has been comprised of prelates and vetel'lan pastors. The new board: Rev. Gerard J. Chabot, pastor of St. Theresa's Parish, So. At tleboro. Rt. Rev. John A. Chippendale, pastor of St. Patrick's, Wareham. Rt. Rev. Raymond T. Consi dine, P.A., pastor of 51. Wil liam's, F'all River. Rev. Manuel P. Ferreira, as sistant ,at St. John the Baptist, New Bedford. Rev. Daniel A. Gamache, as sistantat St. J,acques', Taunton. Rev. Luiz G. Mendonca, pastor of St. Michael's, Fall River. Rev. Patrick J. O'Neih, D. Ed., superintendent of D i 0 c e san Schools. Monsignor Considine was I'e 'appointed from' the previous board. The other six priests are new appointments. The retiring members are: Rt. Rev. Albert -Berube, P.A., pastor of St. Anthony's, New Bedford; Rt. Rev. Alfred J. Bonneau, pas tor of Notre Dame, 'Fall River;
Rt. Rev. James Dolan, P.A., pas tor of 51. Mary's, Taunton. Also, Rt. Rev. Hugh A ..Gal-
Diocese Invites Faithful to Aid
lagher, P.A., pastor of 51. James, New Bedford; Rt. Rev. John A. Silvia, pastor of St. John the Baptist, New Bedford. This group of priests serves in an advisory capacity to the Bishop in certain phases of the work of the Church in a diocese.
World' Lepers The .annual appeal of the Society for the Propagation of-the F'aith on behalf of the world's lepers has taken on particular meaning in the Fall River Diocese this year, as na tional publicity ·has been given to a community of Poor CIares in Africa founded in the midst of a leper colony to allow girls with arrested cases of leprosy to dedicate their lives to God as African contemplatives. One of the founding members Tum to Page Fifteen
SUNDAY IS
PLEDGE DAY
FOR LEGION
OF DECENCY
Head of Clothing Drive Grateful For Response The Most Reverend -Bishop expresses his gratitude to all those w'ho contributed cloth ing to the annual clothing Drive for the poor and needy of the world. Diocesan Director Rev. John F. Hogan has announced that the bulk of the clothes and blankets and shoes has been collected and that 11 large trailer trucks,' furnished through the courtesy' of New Bedford's Hemingway Transport Inc., have already delivered the huge load of clothes to the collection depot in Maspeth, Long Island. Father Hogan said, "The poor and needy of the world will benefit from the charity of peo ple, Catholic and non-Catholic, who gave warm clothes and blankets to help them, who have spent time in sorting and packing clothes, and who, In these ways, put into practice the . injunction of the Lord that we should love one another. Their Turn to Page Six