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Bi,shop Pontificates For Fr. Killigrew The'MostRever'end Bishop celebrated a Pontifical Mass of ;Requiem Monday morning for the late Rev. Edward L. Killigrew, pastor of St. Kilian's Church, New 'Bedford, who died F,riday morning after a long illness. Father Killigrew, a native of Worcester, re' ceived his early education at pa!:,ochial schools in New Bedford and graduated from Holy Family High School in that eity in 1908. He attended St. Charles College in Maryland and took his Philosophy and Theology at St. Mary's Seminary in Baltimore. Father Killigrew was ordained by the' late Bishop Feehan in St. Mary's Cathedral on, June 13, 1914. He sel~vcd as assistant at SS. Peter and Paul Church and St. William's Church in Fall River, and at St. Joseph's Church in Taunton. In 1928, Father Killigrew beeame pastor of the new parish of Our Lady of the Assumption in Osterville on Cape Cod and remained there as pastor until 1938. He was pastor _of Holy Family Chu'rch, East Taunton, until 1954 when he was transREV. EDWARD L. KILLIGREW Turn to Page. Eighteen
Clothing Drive·.Nets More Than 98 Tons Excellent cooperation by all participating parishes is credited for the exceptionally ,smooth functioning of this year:s rhanksgiving Clothing Collection by Rev. Francis A.. McCarthy, Diocesan director of the" amiual event: Topping last, year's parish donations of 188,481 pounds, this year's total of Clothing collected from the 106 parishes of the Diocese was 196,452 pounds, or 9814 , tons. By areas, New Bedford led the Diocese with 52,853 pounds of clothing collected. Fall River and Welltport came next with 50,47:8 pOUIids, followed by Taunton and North Easton, with 31,974 pounds, and the Cape Cod area, with 26,229. Residents of Swansea and Somerset contributed 13,700 pounds, and Attleboro accounted for 12,118. North Attleboro parishioners collected 5,150 pounds and Mansfield and N_orton a total of 3,950. '''Although ,exact figures are not available from other Dioceses, it is likely that both percentage-wise and in actual quantities of clothing collected, Fall River leads New England," said 'Father McCarthy. He attributed the succeSll of the clothing drive here to excelTurn to Page Eighteen " ,
Feehan Drive Fund Rises, Rev. William D. Thomson, fund moderator, announced today that three more parishes, bringing the total to nine, have surpassed their quotas in the $1,225,000 campaign for the construction of the new Bishop Feehan High School. The total now stands at $1,363,788. The new figure is $138,788 over the drive goal. Two Attleboro parishes, Holy Ghost and St. ,Stephen's, and St. Mary's, Mansfield joined the six parishes previously listed as ov'erquota parishes. Rev. John F. Loughlin, pastor, Turn to Page Eleven
,HONOR TRIPLE CHAMPS: Discussing the VictGry ,Banquet program honoring Coyle High School Football Team, State Class C, County and City Champs, are, left to right, William Hoye, co-captain, Bishop Connolly, Nils 'Swede' Nelson; guest speaker, and John Kable, co-captain.
"Artificial Birth Control
Practice Frustrates F,unction of Nature
The Catholic position on birth control is this: the use of unnatural or artificial means to prevent the possibility of conception is an action against nature and nature's God. It is, therefore, .morally wrong'. Since it is against the nature that 90d has given to man object the continuation of the and woman; birth cO,ntrol by human race. For a husband and unnatural or artificial means, wife to put this process into -is wrong for all' and· binds operation and, at the same time, uSe unnatural or artificial means all--;-Catholic, Protestant, Jew. to prevent' the process from . The Catholic Church could not, . . .. All' Catholics are to observe' goirig on to its natural conclu,change this if she wanted, to, sion' is' to thwart a proceSll of H. Frank Reilly and Mrs. Rose Mullaney, respective complete abstinence 'on Wedfor' she 'must always assent to . nature. 'This is Ii perversiori of presidents of the St. Vincent ~e Paul Society a,nd the "nesday., Dec. 23. In addition. and' uphold what God has de- na,ture and against the God of Diocesan Council of Catholic Women, reported today th~t ' "those -21· years of ~ge and not cre~d. : ; , , nature. It is, therefore, morally . . , Ch .' B 11 t be h ld t th ' 'yet 59 are also obliged to, fast. ' enthUSIasm for the BIShop s ,arlty a 0 e a e \ The ChrIstmas vigll of fast , God-as is clearly shown in wrong. Lincoln Park Million Dollar Hambro is recognized as the 'and abstinence· has ,been per-' 'the very structure of the human Granted that the use of sex Ballroom on January 7 is at most outstanding' individuai manentb, transferred, from body-has provided a natural between husband and wife is process which has as its aim and also a means of companionship an all time high. The Fifth Turn,to Page Flf~en Dec. 24 to Dec. 23. -, and legitimate pleasure, the .N:tnua~ affair conducted :~r primary object of seJ!:-what of the benefit of the underpnvlits very nature it tends to do-te,ed children of the Diocese will cannot ,b~, turned aside and featu:;:e the world famous music thwarted by unnatural or arti" of the Glenn Miller Orchestra ficial means without moral eviL under the personal direction of A ve~eran o( 13 years as a' teacher in Belize, British Honduras is ~ister Mary , God does not say that everyI,' Ray McKinl~y. Reginald, R.S.M., a native of New Bedford: Her friends in the Diocese had the opportun- ,one must hav'e as large a family o One 'o.f the star attractions of ity of seeing her last August, when she was here on home leave. The missionary graduas pOSllible. But he does say that the Glenn Miller aggregation is individual couples must use ated from St. Mary's grammar school and Holy Family High Sehool, New Bedford. Her the Lenny Hambro Quintet that recreates the sound and spirit future was foreshadowed for her intention 'was at, last Mary Reginald taught at St. their judgement'to decide what Turn to' Pa~e Eighteen of the music that made the even then. "Belize, the cap.- 'assigned there." Patrick's and St. Mary's Cathe. Miller style the hit of the nation. ital of British Honduras, After ' her' profession, Sister dral schools, Fall River. But she " first found its way into my- 1IClCiIlNlC!lIl~~NlCIlClMi!lIlICIlll«lllftll became mor,e and more interested in the possibility of going geographical vocabulary back to the missions and submitted in the early 1930's, when I was A Subscription her, name as a volunteer. ,a junior at Holy Family High In 1946 she was assigned to , Scnool. One of my teachers, who to The Anchor Belize, where she has been ever VATICAN CITY (NC)had volu~teered for mission since, "teaching the fun-loving Becomes L'Osservatore Romano asA' poster contest fo~ stu~ w6rk, asked me to pray that she children of this sunny Caribbe appointed to the newly serted' that His Holiness dents in Catholic high 52 Weekly Gifts bean· land." adc?p,ted 'mission of the Sisters Pope John XXIII in his talk schools and colleges will fea- 6f Mercy there. "Teaching," she writes, "con' to Italian jurists spoke aga;,'~t stitutes the important work of ture the February 1960 "Reluctantly I agreed and was .tt' . the Sisters in the colony. Our only those publishers who abuse Catholic' Press Month observ- d~ly satisfied that Sister ha~ Sisters staff two government- their ,freedom by dispensing ance. not been chosen for the first subsidized schools with a com- "poison" to the innocent. band of missionaries since this Cash prizes will be awarded bined enrollment of about 2,300, The Vatican City daily pub- ' to national poster contest win- . would ensure ner being at Holy plus two smaller schools with lished an editorial on the Ponners, Executive Secretary James Family for my senior year. For a population of about 600." tiff's discourse ,after a' number the time being Belize slipped A. Doyle of the Catholic Prells of papers had expressed concern There are many outside acinto my subcOllScious mind as a ASllociation said in explaining tivities, however. On weekends over the meaning of the Pope's detailll of the 1960 Catholic ,PreSll remote area having no direct the Sisters visit the prison, hos- words. L'OSllervatore referred bearing on the carefree days of Month program. pital and poorhouse., "Due to to the independent daily La a happy-go-lucky high school Any student of a Catholic high' girL the generosity of kind friends Stampa, of Turin. L'Osservatore ' School, minor seminary, confrain the States;, we seldom go said the Turin paper erred in We will 'send a, "Although my natural inclinaternity class, college, univerllity, tion was to the nursing, profeswithout / Catholic magazines, saying that the Pope's address beautiful Gift Certificate major seminary or novitiate is sion, I felt that God ;was callnewspapers, or 1I0me small re- requested "limitations on freefor you ~ith each 'eligible to enter the pOliter con.' ing me to, the religio~s life as ligious articles. Sometimes we dQm, of the press." ,subscription' purchase•. test. Schools will conduct their a Sister of' Mercy.' When I en'are able to furnish a little treat, A more accurate headline, the own local contest and then enter tered the novitiate, Belize came' such~ 'as a sweet biscuit, or a Vatican City paper said, would 'Use Blank 'on Page 3 their winners in the, 'national , plug of tobacco. Such things de- have been "The Pope reques~ i!,t:o lny.life .ag!lip, for the ~ill, Turn to Page Twelve' , Turn to Page Eighteell 'ter ;who had', ask:~d' me to pray Turn to Page Tell
Fifth Annual, Chq'rity BC;lII' Fqst,. Abstinence To: Highlight Social Season: On ~~dne~d~y"
New Bedfordite Now Sister of Mercy Feels It Privileg~ to Labor' for Poor. of Belize
Poster Cont~stv C'Qtholic Press Month Feature
Pope Urges Press Withold Poison In Reporting