Diocese Plans
Unity Week
Observance
The ANCHOR REV. MR. WILLIAM J. KELLEY
The New Year shall begin with a burst of prayer and! activity with all the phy~ical forces of the Diocese of FaIR River concentating on one thing: the Week of Prayer foil." Christian Unity. In a directive approved by the Most Rev erend Bishop, the Diocesan . Commission for Christian seph C. Canty (Taunton), Very Rev. William D. Thomson (Cape Unity published plans for ob Cod) and Rev. Donald A. COUZIll servance of Unity Week and (Martha's Vineyard).
Mansfield Priest To Offer First Mass, Jan. 15
In revealing the plans for Unity Week,-.January 18-25-it was stressed that this was a week of pl'3yer, intended to ,be "a focus and stimulus for one of our deepest longings as the People of God: 'that all may be
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Founder of Diocesan Group Recognized by Holy See The Brothers of Christian Instruction of Ploermel, Prance, who staff Prevost High School in Fall River were among the many religious of the world to rejoice at the Pl"9Clamation by the Holy See of the "heroic virtlles" of ilr'atlier Jean Marie Robed . de Lamennais, their founde'r. :of Christian Instruction, soon' . gave this up for' more acti ve The proclamation, read out ·work. He became Vicar-General m Pope P.aul's presence, was of the Diocese of St. Brieuc and among the first important steps m the beatification process. . Father de Lamennais was born Sapt. 8, 1780 at St. Malo, France. lDlU\'ing the French Revolution, Dlis home sheltered priests from the anti-religious fury of ·the tlevolutionaries. He was educated flltr the priesthood by one of these refugee-priests and was <W'dained Feb. 25, 1804. He and his brother, Felicite, aIlso a priest, began to defend the church by their writings but Jlean, the founder of the Brothers
died Dec. 26, 1860, ~It Ploermel, France. Father de Lamennais was also the founder of the ,Daughters of Providence. Others whose "heroic virtues" were also officially recognized were: Bishop Vital J'ustin Gran din, O.M.I., the first bishop of Alberta, Canada; Jesuit Father Adolphe' Petit; SistE:r Giovanna Francesca della Visitatione; Sa lesian Father Andrea Beltrami and Father Gaspare Bertoni, founder of the Stigmatines.
No E. H@$pital Heads to H~arr New @[f~irt]ary of ~(t)QC~estfer Bishop Fulton J. Sheen, PhD., D.D. new Bishop of Rochester, N.Y., has accepted the invitation of the Catholic Hospital Association to be the main speaker at its second ~nnual meeting to be 'conducted on Thursday, March 30, in eonjunction with the New England Hospital Assembly. the annual meeting with a panel. Rt. Rev, Msgr.Russell R. No Rt. Rev. Magr. Augustine vello, Ph.D., Director of the ~. Dalt~m, P.A., LL.D. Di Confraternity of Christian Doc ooctor of Hospitals, Archdiocese
()f Boston and pl'esident of this
organization, will celebrate the Mass of the day after the meeting. The general theme of the pro ga:am will continue, as it was last year, to be "The People of God
m the Catholic Hospital," How evel', the subject theme which highlights the entire meeting
will be focused on the "Confra ternity of Christian Doctrine in the Catholic Hospital". The Confraternity of Chl'istian Doctrine, often referred to by
Ilhe Church as ''The Heart of the Apostolate," was designated by
the Holy See as the official par hID soCiety for the religious ed
lIIcation of children and youth.
IllOt enrolled in Catholic Schools and of all adults. According to
, l';be Code of Canon Law (Canoll . 'lB,2); "The Confraternity' of Christian Doctrine' should be erected in every parish and must become the animating center and the propelling force of religious tnstruction in the parish itself." All Catholic hospitals carryon the work of the C.C.D. while ad ministering the daily corporal wOl'ks of mercy to the sick. How ewr. in some, such as Bon Se _urs Hospital in Methuen, a iklrmal program is conducted anal ~eir C.C.D. members will dem lIMStrate the program's wor~ a~' !!leW
trine program in the Archdiocese of Boston will be the program's moderator. Both the day's meeting and the anriual noonday dinner win re quire advance registration tick Turn to Page Two
Archbishop Philip M. Han nan of New Orleans will con fer the. Sacrament of Holy Orders on Father William Joseph Kelley, S.V.D., of 'the Divine Word Missionaries in cel' einonies scheduled for 10 on Fri day morning, Jan. 6 at Divine Word Seminary, Bay St. Louis, Miss. Father Kelley is the sec ond son of Mr. and Mrs. J. Spen cer Kelley, Sr. of 25 Bella Vista
Avenue, Mansfield to be ordain
ed a priest. An older brother
Father Raymond Kelley, M.M., of the Maryknoll Fathers, or dained in 1958, is a missionary in Taichung, Taiwan.
The third youngest of eight children, Father Kelly was born on May 26, 1940. He attended Mansfield Public Schools prior to entering, in 1954," the Prepar atory Seminary of the Divine Word Missionaries, "Miramar," located near Duxbury. In 1958 he graduated from the high Turn to Page Sixteen
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BROWNSVILLE (NC) - A bishop spent part of Christmas day in jail-at his own request. . Bishop Humberto S. Medeiros of Brownsville obtained permis sion from Sheriff Boynton H. Fleming to have Christmas din ner with some of the "people who need me most." The sheriff acquiesced, so the bishop dined with prisoners in the Cameron County Jail.
the names of the local pastors appointed by Bishop Connoll~' to implement these programs on a local level. Besides the newly-appointed Are~ Directors, the Most Rever end Bishop also made specific recommendations concerning Di vine Worship, Interfaith Ser vices, Open Houses, School Ac tivities, and Radio-Television Programs. . . Appointed ·as area directors to implement the programs outlined by the Bishop were: Rt. Rev. Msgr. Henri. A. Hamel (Fall Rjv:er), Rt. Rev. Msgr. Hugh A. Gallagher (New Bedford), Rt. Rev: Msgr. Thomas F. Walsh (Attleboro), Rt. Rev. Msgr. Jo-
Pope Paul VI has made some surprising announcements for the future of Vatican n. They were pronounced in the Supreme Pontiff's Christmas mesage to the CardiThe first synod of bishops, an nounced during the Second Vat ican Council, win be held in Rome from Sept. 29 to Oct. 24, 1967 and it may be extended ilf the business necessitates. A laymen's council will be established at the Vatican to> assist the world lay apostolate movement. 0
Bishop Connolly, in his sermon delivered at the Christ
mas midnight Solemn Pontifical Mass celebrated in St.
Mary's Cathedra], Fall River, emphasized the "gift of our selves-our humanity-to share in the divinity of Chtist.'· He stressed that such a gift is "a wonderful exchange .. charity for one another. Tradi tionally, no one wants to fight and a gift really worth at Christmas time. CivilizeC men while." The sermon follows: realize the importance of the Beloved in Christ: Christmastide usually finds us at our best. We have tokens of love and friendship shown us. We are buoyed up in heart and mind by generous outpouring
of goodness and kindness throughout this holy season. We enjoy the wonderment shining in the eyes of children, the warmth of affection that greets us on every side, and the knowl edge we have that the needy are not neglected, for this da~', at least. Yet, the history of Christmases gone by tells us that our best has not been' good enough. We do in deed reach heights of understand ing an dbetter-than-ordinary
• Laymen's Council • Rome Visitation
• Indulgences nalsas he reviewed the successes and fail urea of the present year in a talk "that rivaled any State of the Union message. The 1967 implementations include:
A pontifical commission for justice and peace will have of fices at the Vatican to work for social justice in the world. A reform of indulgences will be published shortly. Some decrees dealing with the reform of the Roman Curia, al ready drawn up, soon will be an nounced.
Concerning Divine Worship, the Most Reverend Bishop has
recommended that every priest
of the Diocese offer Holy Mass for. the intention of Christiam
Un~ty; that all sermons on Sun
day, Jim. 22, have Christiam
Unit~' as their theme; finally that
a special Prayer of the Faithfu[
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Bishop Connolly Proclaims Greatest Gift Is Oneself
Pope Paul Discloses' Plans For 1.967 Implementations • Bishops' Synod • Justice - Peace • Curia Reform
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The Pope himself will person ally and by personal represen t.-tive visit the parishes of Rome
in an intense program to pro mote contact between the Eter nal City's people and their
bishop. In a sharp departure from the meditative and spiritual Christ Tum to Page Six
words: "Glory to God in the highest, and Peace on earth to men of good-will." But, for one reason or another, they are re sign~d to war with one another -·-later on. So, too, in a smaller sense,
each individual may live in an aura of peace at this time, anal then lapse back into his quarrel some way. \Ve can see ourselves in children. They really organize Turn to Page EightecJl
Pittsburgh Board Flays Sensation Minded Clergy PITTSBURGH (NC)-The
newsletter of the Pittsburgh
diocesan liturgical commis sion has issued a warning to priests against unauthorized lit urgical experimentation, de:' scribed as "the scandal of 1966." The newsletter gives no indi
cation that experimentation has
taken place in the Pittsburgh di
ocese. References indicate the
commission is concerned more
with widely publicized experi
ments conducted elsewhere. Hope It Dies The newsletter stated: "The faithful are seriously scandalized by sensation-mindedl priests who are using English in
the Canon (of t.he Mass), who
are offering Mass without vest
ments, who eliminate the use of
the maniple, burse or pall in the
Mass, who distribute holy Com
munion under both species be
yond the limits authorized by the
Vicar of Christ, who offer Mass
in laundries, bedrooms, barrooms
and other indecorous places."
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