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Fall River, Mass.
Vol. 1, No.5
ST. PAUL
Thur:sday, May 9, 1,957
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LA SALETI'E ORDINATION SATURDAY: Bishop Connolly will ordain Rev. Joseph Paul Fredette, M.S., of Woburn, left, and Rev. Jose Riez Nacu, M.S., of Manila in St. Mary's Cathedral, Fall River, at 9 Saturday morning. Fr. Nacu is the first Filipino to be~ome a La Salette priest.
Catholic Relief to Needy Dwarfs Other Agencies~ NEW YORK (NC)-Catholic Relief Services-Na tional Catholic Welfare Conference, world-wide relief agency conducted by the U. S. Bishops-led all U. S. vol untary agencies in the. distribution of $100-million worth of U. S. surplus food to the needy of the world during the nine-month period which ended March 31. The shipments of the Catholic agency amounted to 796,892,300 pounds of' foodstuffs, valued at $65, 278.021. This more than doubled the amount of food distributed by all other U. S. religious agen cies combined and also was more than twice the combined total of all 40 American agencies. re ligious and secular. Protestants Second The outstanding record of Catholic achievement In the sur plus food program was disclosed In a report released here by the American Council of U. S. Volun tary Agencies for Foreign Service. The report showed that nearly $100-million worth of the surplus foods totaling some 1.140.000.000 pounds. which was more than 91 per cent of all surplus foods ship ped by all agencies. were distri buted by Catholic, Protestant and Jewish groups to the world's needy during the nine-month period. Church World Service. main tabled by the National Council Of Churches of Christ in the U.S.A. (Protestant). was the second largest distributor among th~ religious agencies. It handled 219.866,366 pounds of food valued at $23,171,056. Other leading agencies in the rellg-ious division were: Lutheran World Relief, 72.997.0-17 pounds, valut'd at $9.063.114; American JeWish Joint Distribution Com mittee, 8.584,700 pounds. valued at $;)59,290 alld the American Flit'lId~ Sprvice Com mit tee. '1'urn to Page FoUl'
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To Life on Cape Many Cape parishes, particularly iri the Falmouth area, have a number of new and unusual parishioners these days. , They' are young people, Hungarian refug'ee students in fact, who, last Winter were forced to flee for their lives from their homeland, in the rebellion against their Com munist masters. How did they come to the Cape? It all started when, during the Hungarian crisis, Dr. Albert Szent-Gyoergyi, Nobel prize winner and eminent scien tist of Woods Hole. received wolld from Vienna that there were large numbers of young students who were in Austria without par ents and who would like to com plete their high school education. Consequently, with the help of interested citizens of Woods Hole and Falmouth, he was able to es tablish . the Committee for the Shelter of Hungarian Students, and asked families on the Cape to sponsor these youthfUl Hun garians by providing them with a home and shelter and the op portunity of continuing their education through high school. The response was typically ~meri«an, that is to say, gen erous, and soon the young people began to arrive from Camp Kil mer. The Catholics among them came throug'h the agency of the Catholic Committee for Refugees -N.C.W.C and the Catholic Wel fare Bureau of Fall River which acted as the Resettlement Agen cy. Today finds Rome 25 of thes8 refugees from the Red terror. scattered up and down the Cape. with the larger group in the Fal mouth area. Like .America
Despite all they have been· through. with the resilience of youth, they have quickly adapted themselves to their new homes and surrounding's, have made friends. and settled into the pat tel'l1 of our American way of life. W~n they arrived, they knew little or no English, but, l\maz 111g1y. after a few weeks they had learned enoug,h to get along quite well. Theil' zeal for study and school comes as almost a shock to their American schoolma tes. One of them was heard to ex pre s s disappointment because Turn to Page Four
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HARVEST IS RIPE: Land of great potential for the Church is Kenya, East Africa, where missionary activity has received great encouragement. A catechist, at right, teaches fellow natives how to make the Sign of the Cross. Bishop Charles M. Cavallera of Nyeri, currently visiting the U. S., and member of the Consolata Missionaries, lists education as one of the greatest needs ,of his people.
Hospital for Chronically III Under Construction A new nursing and convales cent home for the aged and chronically 111 represents the most recent achievement of the Catholic Charlties buildini' pro gram, The bundlng now under construction fills a long standini' need for providing suitable treat ment for elderly incapacitated persons who need nursing care. The new building w111 be an addition to the north wing of the, Catholic Memorial Home in Fall River. The 74-bed unit will con tain facilities for persons requir ing traction. those disabled by cerebal hemorrhages or cardiac affliction, and those suffering from any of the 1llnesses which accompany advanced age. The Diocesan Catholic Charities Of fice already has a backlog' of applications. Facilities will be
available to all persons residing I within the Dlocese"'of Fall River. ~ regardless of race. color, or creed.! Up to the present. the aged; chronically 111 have found it, necessary to seek treatment in the already over-taxed facl.1ltiell of city hospitals. The new nurs ing wing designed specifically for such people. w1ll leave local hospital facilities free for emer-' gencles and surgical needs. Thlt cost will be approximately' $850.000. The need for the new wing 15 urgent. and should appeal ef-, fectively to the generosity of all in our diocese. The charity of Christ directs all of us to take an active interest not only in those we term our own. but in the welfare of all who are in need.