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The "ANCHOR ..tn Anohor of the Soul, Sur. and fi'irm-ST.
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Bishop Connolly Is Planning See's First Night Ordination .L4t Cathedral on Feb. 2 In the first evening ordinations ever to be held in the Fall River Diocese three young men will be raised to the priesthood by His Excellency, the Most Reverend James L. Connolly, D.D. at 7 :30 Thursday, Feb. 2 in St. ·Mary's Cathedral. They are Rev. Mr. James Francis Greene, son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank B. Greene, Swansea; Rev. Mr. James Frederick Kelley, son of Mr. and Mrs. Frederick E. Kelley, Sr., New Bedford; and Rev. Mr. Thomas Edward
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Social Set Is Awaiting Annual Charity Ball :Excitement is mounting as the magic date of Wednesday, Jan. 11 nears. Ladies of the Fall River Diocese are eagerly anticipating the annual Bishop's Charity Ball, to be held at Lincoln Park. Escorts may protest, but inwardly they'll enjoy looking their best for united by a common interest in the .gala occasion and fair the children's charities of the ladies can be pretty sure Most Reverend Bishop, charities they won't be alone in steal- which will benefit throughout
REV. MR. JAMES F. GREENE
the year from this one gala ing admiring glances at their night. minored reflections before deVelvet-curtained boxes framparting for Lincoln Park. ing the dance floor will include Music for the ball will be sup- a section where the Most Rev. plied by Art Mooney's Orches- James L. Connolly, Bishop of tra,:a group in nationwide dethe Fall River Diocese, will greet mand. the guests. Members of the It'" will be an occasion for Knights of Columbus will form Catholics from all parts of the an honor guard for the Bishop, Diocese to meet, some perhaps who will speak briefly before for the first time since last the start of the dancing. year's ball. Programs will feature the Representing guilds affiliated Bishop's Coat of Arms in green with the Diocesan Council of on a white embossed cover, gold Catholic Women and units of the tassels, and gold, silver and St. Vincent de Paul Society, white pages listing the sponsors. those at the ball will have much 'Vsherettes representing parishes in common. throughout the Diocese will Uniting in a memorable eve- wear pastel gowns and satin ning of frolic, they will also be ribbons.
Kennedy Election Tops U.S. Catholic· News
Pope John Urges Frenchto Follow Saint's Example
MR. JAMES F. KELLEY REV.
Nineteen sixty likely will be remembered best as the year when the U. S. elected a Catholic as President for the first time, Sen. John F. Kennedy of Massachusetts. 'It was the year when Yugoslavia's heroic Alojzije Cardinal Stepinac, 60, foe of communism 1960 statement of the U. S. Catholic Bishops pinpointed a decline and onetime Red prisioner, . of religious convictions as the and beloved John Cardinal cause for a breakdown of perO'Hare, C.S.C., 72, of Phila- sonal responsibility; Catholic delphia, died. The year, too, when Pope John named the first Negro, Filipino and Japanese cardinals in March, then shattered precedent again in December, raising the number of cardinals to an all-time hi~h of 86 by naming four new one s , including Archbishop Joseph E. Ritter of St. Louis. It was a year when unrest, principally communist inspired, was rampant in the world-especially in Africa, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Laos ·and Ceylon; when the U. S. Catholic population was reported at 40,871 ,302, a year's increase of 1,356,827; when a million persons from all over the world attended the 37th International Eucharistic Congress in Munich, Gcrmany. . During the year Maryknoll Bishop James E. Walsh, 68, was scntenced to 20 years in prison by the Chinese communists; the
Relief Services-National Catholic Welfare Conference carried on a $2,500,000 emergency program to aid victims of earthquakes and tidal waves which devastated south Chile; the NCWC established a Latin American Bureau to aid the Church in priest-.short Latin America. It was the year when Cincinnati's Archbishop Karl J .. Alter was ie-elected chairman of the NCWC Administrative Board; when the Catholic Press AssociatIOn reported circulation of U. S. Catholic newspapers and magazines had reached 25,932,461; and when the NCWC Education Department reported 5,539,750 students in U. S. Catholic colleges, high and elementary schools. Other outstanding events of the past year are summarized by month in the pages of this edition of The Anchor.
Says High Moral Standards Bring Divine Blessing
REV. MR. THOS E. MORRISSEY
Schedules of Diocesan Interest
The Most Reverend Bishop will preside at the opening of the Forty Hours Devotion in the Cathedral on Sunday. This will begin the Forty Hours Adoration program in the Diocese: A complete listing of the Forty Hours Schedule for eve l' y Church and Convent in the Diocese is printed on Page Seven. The Anchor also prints every week the Forty Hours Devotion . The Chancery Office announced today that plans and Schedule for the following week. specifications for a new. Church for the communicants of The Confirmation Schedule St. Augustine's Parish, 'Vineyard Haven, are being formu- for the coming year is printed lated. This new edifice will be located on Franklin~ Lake and on Page Five of this issue. The complete Fast and AbstiPin 0 Streets, Vineyard Sacred Heart Parish, Oak Bluffs, nence Schedule for the coming lIaven, and will r:eplace tho and under the parochial juris- year is printed on Page Three. It diction of Rev. Patrick J. McGee, would be helpful to clip out present structure as the pastor this Schedule and keep it 'for of the Mother Church. pla(~e of worship for this The Vineyard Haven mission . consultation throughout· the area. St. Augustine's was esiab- waa elevated to th'e status of a year,. especially' when planning lished ill 1903 as 11 mission of parties, weddings, etc. Tum io Pago Sixteen
Chancery Office Announces Plans For New Vineyard Haven Church
Morrissey, son of Mr. and Mrs. Jam,es E. Morrissey, Fall River. Rev. Mr. Greene, of Our Lady of Fatima parish, Swansea, atThe faithful will notice a tended St. Joseph's grammar few small changes in the school, Fall River, Case High School, Swansea, and St. Philip Mass structure beginning; Neri School, Haverhill. He conthis Sunday. Nothing essen- , tinued his studies at Cardinal tial can be changed, of course, ' O'Connell Seminary, Jamaica and no major changes have been Plain and St. John's Seminary, introduced. Brighton. In low Masses, everythi~g The ordinand's First Solemn which is not said in a seemt Mass will be celebrated at Our ,tone of voice, heard only bw Lady of Fatima Church at 11 the ,priest himself,. is said in a Sunday morning, Feb. 5. Rev. loud tone of voice. This is ~ James F. McDermott will be asfacilitate the participation in the sistant priest, Rev. George E. Mass, so that the faithful offerSullivan, deacon and Rev. Riching Mass will be able to follow ard C. Cunningham, subdeacon. the celebrant more easily and Master of ceremonies will be will be able to respond correctly Rev: Bernard F. Sullivan. Rev. and say certain prayers along Edward Paquette and Rev. John with him. Smith will be acolytes, with Rev. The Confiteor, Misereatur and Martin Buote as thurifer. Indulgentiam are omitted before Rev. Joseph Welsh, pastor of Holy Communion when given St. Thomas More Church, Somwithin the Mass. After having erset, will preach. received the Precious Blood the Turn to Page Thirteen priest proceeds immediately to dIstribute Holy Communion to the faithful after having said, as usual, Ecce Agnus Dei and three times Domine non sum dignus. Benedicamus Domino will be said only at evening Mass on VATICAN CITY (NC)- Holy Thursday and on certain Pope John has urged French- other days when Mass is folmen to follow the example of lowed by a procession. In all their patron, St. Martin of other Masses, except, of course, Tours, by practicing charity with Requiem Masses, the ending »s increased fervor during the Ite, missa est. The Last Gospel is omitted at coming year. the third Mass of Ghristmas Day, The Pope also praised St. whenever Benedicamus Domino Marlin as a champion of the is said, and at Requiem Masses monastic life in a letter to Archbish·op Louis Ferrand of Tours. when followed by Absolution. Special rubrics apply to the The papal letter was written in connection with year-long cere- omission of the psalm Iudica on monies throughout France to certain days when a blessing celebrate the 16th' centenary of and processi~n precede the Mass the establishment of monasti- and the Mass Ordo will specify cism in that country by St. these. Likewise, the Ordo will tell when the Mass of Ember Martin. Sixteen centuries ago St. Saturdays may be shortened' i In Solemn Masses the celeMartin of Tours began the work that· helped to Christianize the bt'ant omits the parts chanted or country, then known as Gaul sung by the Deacon, Subdeacon or Lector. In Sung Masses the and'still largely pagan. incensations used in Solemn The Roman soldier who be- Masses may also be used. came a· saint is best known for the .legend that tells how he cut 'his cape in two with his sword to clothe a bf;~gar who later appeared to him as Christ. Turn to Page Thirteen
Columnist Notes Class B· Films Are· ~ig Flops LOS ANGELES (NC) Six of seven recent major Hollywood movies rated "B" by the NationaI-' Legion of Decency are box office flops. Erskine Johnson, Los Angeles Mirror columnist, listed the six box :office failures as "Strangers When We Meet," "Beloved Infidel,'~ "Happy Anniversary," "From the Terrace," "Elmer Gantry" and "Desire in the Dust." Only "Psycho" is a financial success, Mr. Johnson reported. . A film rated "B". by the legion is one which it regards as morally objectionable in part for all. Times Editoriai Mr. Johnson said the box office failure of objectionable films will. cause producers to turn again to family entertainment in the realization that "movies of questionable taste' .. with t~emes of adultery and perversIOn were not acceptable . ,to Hollywood's lost audience."· Tum. to Page Thirteen
LOS ANGELES (NC) James Francis Cardinal McIntyre has asked Catholics to offer special prayers for the world's persecuted, for Africa, for Latin America-and for the United States itself. "The flight from moral standards in our own United States has been so marked as to arouse serious comment and apprehension even amongst those who are indifferent to religious and divine sanctions," the Archbishop of Los Angeles said. Cardinal McIntyre called on Catholics in their prayers to make "a special appeal that in the internal life of our people of the United States there be a prompt resumption of the recognition of God's Providence over us and the realization of our consequent obligation to observe His law." "High moral standards have been accompanied in our history with abundant and divine blessings," the Cardinal emphasized. "Let us not be unmindful of this." Deploring evidence of the "flight from moral standards" in this country, the Cardinal cited narcotics and objectionable movies a8 major causes.